Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gamma

3 senses of gamma

Sense 1
gamma -- (the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet)
       => letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character -- (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters")

Sense 2
gamma -- (a unit of magnetic field strength equal to one-hundred-thousandth of an oersted)
       => field strength unit -- (an electromagnetic unit of magnetic intensity)

Sense 3
da Gamma, Vasco da Gamma, Gamma -- (Portuguese navigator who led an expedition around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; he sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day before crossing the Indian Ocean (1469-1524))
       INSTANCE OF=> navigator -- (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)