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As nouns the difference between omega and infinity

is that omega is the twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω while infinity is endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.

omega

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical]] and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: ; lowercase: [[?.
  • * 2013 , Albert Schachter & Fabienne Marchand, "Fresh Light on the Institutions and Religious Life of Thespiai: Sixe New Inscriptions from the Thespiai Survey", page 284 in'' Paraskevi Martzavou & ?Nikolaos Papazarkadas (editors), ''Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical Polis
  • The fact that the letter was incised above the line indicates that it is probably an omega .
  • (idiomatic, often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
  • I am the Alpha and the Omega , the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. — Revelation 22:13, New International Version.
  • * 2012 , FX Moore, Confed: 2721: Xenocide War , page 383
  • And there is always the Omega Option. At any time you can go to Manhome, go down to the vaults, lift the black cover on your clone's stasis chamber, and push the black button.
  • (physics) Angular velocity]]; symbol: [[?.
  • * 2013 , Issues in General Physics Research : 2013 Edition, page 1084
  • The ratio between the rho and omega cross section is obtained.

    Derived terms

    * antiomega *

    infinity

    English

    Noun

  • (label) Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.
  • A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities' that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging ' infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
  • (label) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
  • (label) The symbol .
  • Usage notes

    In mathematics there are several different infinities; see transfinite.

    Antonyms

    * finity

    See also

    * eternal * eternity * transfinite