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DIGAMMA

Definition: DIGAMMA

DIGAMMA

Noun

1. A letter (/, /) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Digamma \Di*gam"ma\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; twice the letter. So called because it resembled two gammas placed one above the other.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: DIGAMMA

English words defined with "DIGAMMA": DigammatedF. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Digamma (letter)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Digamma is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 6. When used as a numeral, digamma is written using the stigma (ς), a ligature of sigma and tau. When used as a letter, it has the shape of an F (hence its name) and the value of a /w/.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Digamma (letter)."

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Derivations & Misspellings: DIGAMMA

Derivations

Words beginning with "DIGAMMA": digammas. (additional references)


Misspellings

"DIGAMMA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: degama, Degarmo, Digema, digenean, digma, dilamma, Dinampa, fiamma, Kigoma, Riagama. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DIGAMMA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-i-m-m"

-2 letters: amiga, gamma, madam, magma.

-3 letters: agma, amia, amid, gadi, gama, imam, magi, maid, maim, mama.

-4 letters: aga, aid, aim, ama, ami, dag, dam, dig, dim, gad, gam, gid, mad, mag, mid, mig, mim.

-5 letters: aa, ad, ag, ai, am, id, ma, mi, mm.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-g-i-m-m"
 

+1 letter: digammas, gammadia.

 

+2 letters: gammadion, mridangam.

 

+3 letters: bemadaming, diagrammed, mismanaged, mridangams.

 

+4 letters: diagramming, mandamusing.

 

+5 letters: diagrammable, diagrammatic, diamagnetism, macadamizing, micromanaged.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DIGAMMA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 47 41 4D 4D 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ..    --.    .-    --    --    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01000111 01000001 01001101 01001101 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#71 &#65 &#77 &#77 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0047 0041 004D 004D 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38434135474735

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Derivations
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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