what does the greek letter "omega" signify. Whatare some of its applications?

Answer 1

Omega (Ω ω) is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet.
In the Greek numeric system it has a value of 800.
The word literally means "great O" (ō mega, mega meaning 'great'), as opposed to Omicron, which means "little O" (o mikron, micron meaning 'little').This name is Byzantine; in Classical Greek, the letter was called ō (ὦ), whereas the Omicron was called ou (οὖ).

The form of the letter derives from a double omicron, which came to be written open at the top.

Phonetically, the Ancient Greek Ω is a long o, similar to the vowel of English close. It is transcribed ō or simply o. In Modern Greek Ω is a short o similar to the vowel of British English pot.

Omega is often used to denote the last, the end, or the ultimate limit of a set, in contrast to Alpha, the first letter of the Greek Alphabet. In the Bible, God declares himself to be the "Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last".

Applications:

The upper-case letter Ω is used as a symbol, it is also used often outside its Greek alphabetical context in literature, advertising and other forms of human expression.

For ohm — SI unit of electrical resistance; formerly also used upside down (℧) to represent mho, the old name for the inverse of an ohm (now siemens with symbol S) used for electrical conductance. Unicode has a separate code point for the ohm sign (U+2126, Ω), but it is only included for backwards compatibility and the Greek uppercase omega character (U+03A9, Ω) is preferred.
In computer science, in notation related to Big O notation to describe the asymptotic behavior of functions. See also Chaitin's constant
In mathematics, the Omega constant, a solution of Lambert's W function; or the first uncountable ordinal number (also known as ω1)
In physics, the solid angle.
In particle physics to represent the Omega baryons. A lowercase omega is used for the omega mesons.
In combinatory logic, the looping combinator, (λ x. x x) (λ x. x x)
In astronomy (cosmology) Ω refers to the density of the universe, also called the density parameter.
In automobiles, the 1983 Oldsmobile Omega.

For more please visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega

Answer 2

The letter omega (capital: Ω, small: ω) has been used in greek language as a long sound, contrary to the letter omicron (ο), which has a short sound. This is the reason for naming the letters o-mega (which means big / long) and o-mikron (which means small / short).

Applications:
The symbol Ω is used for Ohm, the unit of electrical resistance.
As a word it was used in Europe by vehicle manufacturer Opel as a car model OMEGA.

I am sure there are many more applications of omega. I can't think of more at the moment.

Answer 3

Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, and is often used to signify the ending, such as when Jesus said, "I am the alpha (beginning) and the omega (end)."

Answer 4

"Omega" means "the end". Check out some of the applications at the links on
http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=alpha+and+omega&qs_version=31
where God says "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end" to signify the all-comprehensiveness of God.

Answer 5

24th Greek Letter

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Honestly, I have a different opinion

Answer 8

Sorry, I've no idea about this