greek letter
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Greek, letter. A letter of the Greek alphabet.
Example Sentences
- "Each Friday we held open house at the Young Women's Christian association for all Greek letter women who could come (if but for an hour) to sew for the French orphans."
- "The following national Greek letter fraternities and sororities, served officially by this Company, were listed in our 1927 Blue Book..."
- "Other Greek letter house fires of importance here include the burning of the Pi Kappa Alpha house in the Christmas holidays of 1924 and the burning of the roof and second floor of the Delta Zeta house in the Spring of 1926."
- "Alternatively, they clear when the line is unoccupied to the next signal and when an approaching train occupies a short, normally de-energised, track circuit on the approach side of any of the signals. These normally de-energised track circuits are labelled with a Greek letter to emphasise their difference from the normal track circuits, and are short enough to ensure an adequate restriction of speed being imposed on the train."
Usage
- American usage
Inflected Forms
Greek letters (plural)