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Old 01-25-2004, 07:57 PM
jharb jharb is offline
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Originally posted by tld221
most greek letters stand for something, IIRC.

alpha-first
beta-second
delta-change (this is the only one imsure of)
omega-last (ex. "the alpha and the omega")
phi- golden ratio (perfection maybe?)
pi-3.14158...
lambda-wavelength (like in chem and physics?)
iota-small amount (slang)
epsilon-small negligable quantity (mathematical def)
gamma- unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted (chem)
omicorn- micro/small
Apparently Pi Beta Phi means 3.14158... Second the golden ratio
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