sigma
IPA: sˈɪgmʌ
noun
- The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.
- (mathematics) The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series.
- (statistics) The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution.
- Clipping of sigma male. [(Internet slang, neologism) A self-reliant and assertive male who occupies a position outside a social or group hierarchy; a lone wolf or maverick.]
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Examples of "sigma" in Sentences
- If it does not change sign it is sigma.
- But a topology is hardly a sigma algebra.
- And no, not every measure is sigma finite.
- Ditolylguanidine is a sigma receptor agonist.
- Sigma antagonists potentiate opiate analgesia in rats.
- Or perhaps the second Sigma is the argument of the first Sigma.
- The Magna, like its forebear the Sigma, was based on the Galant.
- The sigma symbol is handy for representing the addition of several numbers.
- Much of his sporadic work of the 1960s was collected as The Sigma Portfolio.
- The dating of all the imperial decrees hinge on the 3 barred sigma doctrine.
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