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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet;

2. a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted;

3. Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524);
[syn: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

gamma \gam"ma\ (g[a^]m"m[.a]), n. The third letter ([Gamma], [gamma] = Eng. G) of the Greek alphabet. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gamma n 1: the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet 2: a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred- thousandth of an oersted 3: Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524) [syn: da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

GAMMA 1. A language for matrices and generation of mathematical programming reports. ["GAMMA 3.3 for MPS/MPSX, IBM System:/360", Bonnor & Moore Assocs (Mar 1975)]. 2. A high-level parallel language. [Research Directions in High-Level Parallel Languages, LeMetayer ed, Springer 1992]. (1994-11-29)