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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