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单词 upsilon
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
up•si•lon  (yo̅o̅psə lon′, -lən, up-; esp. Brit. yo̅o̅p sīlən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
  2. the vowel sound represented by this letter.
  3. PhysicsAlso called upsilon par′ticle, any of a family of heavy, short-lived, neutral mesons that are composed of a bottom quark and its antiquark. Symbol: Υ, υ
  • Late Greek ŷ psīlón literally, simple u (to distinguish it from the digraph oi, pronounced the same in Late Greek)
  • 1615–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
upsilon /ˈʌpsɪˌlɒn; juːpˈsaɪlən/ n
  1. the 20th letter in the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ), a vowel, transliterated as y or u
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Greek u psilon simple u, name adopted for graphic u to avoid confusion with graphic oi, since pronunciation was the same for both in Late Greek
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