gamma has definitions from the fields of physics,nautical,geography
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[ noun ] the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet

Used in print

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

Below these particulars was a series of alpha beta gammas connected by arrows and crosses which denoted the lineage of the breed .

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letter Greek_alphabet

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[ noun ] (nautical,geography) Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524)

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navigator

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[ noun ] (physics) a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted
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