[17836] in APO-L
Re: Omega
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Ross Greenley)
Thu Dec 4 00:51:35 1997
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 00:49:09 -0500
Reply-To: Karl Ross Greenley <rop+@CMU.EDU>
From: Karl Ross Greenley <rop+@CMU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <Added.koSm0_e00Udd0Azk40@andrew.cmu.edu>
Excerpts from internet.aphio: 25-Nov-97 Re: A-Phi-Q chapters- 2 que.. by
Robert Dean@RS6000.CMP.I
> I based that point on the physical representation of the letters and the
> proximity to the end of the alphabet. If I remember correctly, W is derived
> from Omega, even though it isn't in the Roman alphabet. For W, lay the left
> and right wings down and make the middle a bulb, and you have Omega.
I think the w shaped version of Omega is the lowercase form of it... I
know that form is used in Physics to represent angular velocity...
Karl Greenley
Kappa
