What it means
The last Greek letter. ω is an angular frequency or angular velocity. Capital Ω is the ohm, the unit of resistance, the number of microstates in statistical mechanics, the sample space in probability and the lower bound in Big-Omega notation.
Read aloud in real formulas
ω = 2πf
Aethel says
omega equals 2 pi f
angular frequency from frequency
S = k_B ln Ω
Aethel says
S equals k sub B the natural log of omega
Ω counts the microstates
Typing it
- LaTeX
- \omega, \Omega
- Unicode
- U+03C9, U+03A9
Formulas that use it
Questions
How do you pronounce omega (ω)?
It is said “omega”, roughly oh-MAY-guh (US), OH-mig-uh (UK).
What does ω mean in maths?
The last Greek letter. ω is an angular frequency or angular velocity. Capital Ω is the ohm, the unit of resistance, the number of microstates in statistical mechanics, the sample space in probability and the lower bound in Big-Omega notation.
How do you type ω?
In LaTeX, write \omega, \Omega. Its Unicode code point is U+03C9, U+03A9.