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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024up•si•lon (yo̅o̅p′sə lon′, -lən, up′-; esp. Brit. yo̅o̅p sī′lən),USA pronunciation n. - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ).
- the vowel sound represented by this letter.
- PhysicsAlso called up′silon 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 - 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 |