| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| omicron |
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| SYLLABICATION: | om·i·cron |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m  -krn ,  m- |
| NOUN: | The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. See table at alphabet. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Greek o m kron, small o (because of its being a short vowel in Greek) : o, the letter o + mkron, neuter of mkros, small.
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