kappa
kappa
n.
tenth letter of the Greek alphabet
Kappa
Kappa (uppercase
Κ, lowercase
κ or
cursive ; ,
káppa) is the 10th letter of the
Greek alphabet, used to represent the sound in
Ancient and
Modern Greek. In the system of
Greek numerals, has a value of 20. It was derived from the Phoenician letter
kaph . Letters that arose from kappa include the Roman
K and Cyrillic
К.
kappa
Noun
1. the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
(hypernym) letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
(member-holonym) Greek alphabet
Kappa (das)
n.
kappa, tenth letter of the Greek alphabet
kappa
nf.
kappa, tenth letter of the Greek alphabet