GREEK ALPHABET

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α ALPHA (AL-fuh) First letter of the Greek alphabet.
β BETA (BAY-tuh)
γ GAMMA (GAM-uh)
δ DELTA (DEL-tuh)
ε EPSILON (EP-sil-on) The second form of the lower case epsilon is used as the “set membership” symbol.
ζ ZETA (ZAY-tuh)
η ETA (AY-tuh)
θ THETA (THAY-tuh)
ι IOTA (eye-OH-tuh)
κ KAPPA (KAP-uh)
λ LAMBDA (LAM-duh)
μ MU (MYOO)
ν NU (NOO)
ξ XI (KS-EYE)
ο OMICRON (OM-i-KRON) Rarely used because it looks like an ‘o.’
π PI (PIE) The lower-case Pi is universally used to represent that number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The upper-case Pi is used as the “product” symbol.
ρ RHO (ROW)
σ SIGMA (SIG-muh) The capital Sigma is used as the “summation” symbol.
τ TAU (TAU)
υ UPSILON (OOP-si-LON)
φ PHI (FEE) The two versions of lower-case Phi are used interchangeably.
χ CHI (K-EYE)
ψ PSI (SIGH)
ω OMEGA (oh-MAY-guh) Last letter of the Greek alphabet.