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- [yoop-suh-lon, -luh n, uhp-; especially British yoop-sahy-luh n]
- /ˈyup səˌlɒn, -lən, ˈʌp-; especially British yupˈsaɪ lən/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [yoop-suh-lon, -luh n, uhp-; especially British yoop-sahy-luh n]
- /ˈyup səˌlɒn, -lən, ˈʌp-; especially British yupˈsaɪ lən/
Definitions of upsilon word
- noun upsilon the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ). 1
- noun upsilon the vowel sound represented by this letter. 1
- noun upsilon Also called upsilon particle. Physics. any of a family of heavy, short-lived, neutral mesons that are composed of a bottom quark and its antiquark. Symbol: Υ, υ. 1
- noun upsilon Greek letter 1
- noun upsilon the 20th letter in the Greek alphabet (Υ, υ), a vowel, transliterated as y or u 0
- noun upsilon the twentieth letter of the Greek alphabet (Y, υ) 0
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Origin of upsilon
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Late Greek ŷ psīlón literally, simple u (to distinguish it from the digraph oi, pronounced the same in LGk)
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Parts of speech for Upsilon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
upsilon popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
upsilon usage trend in Literature
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