sigma

noun

The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet.

noun

A sigma factor.

noun

The standard deviation of a given probability distribution or a given set of data.

noun

The curve of the letter S or any approximate curve.

noun

In descriptive biol., one of the S-shaped ridges on the surface of certain molluscan shells, as those of gastropods and cephalopods.

noun

In experimental psychology, the time-unit, of a second: abbreviated σ.

noun

The name of the Greek letter Σ, σ, ς, equivalent to the English S, s. (For its early forms, see under S.)

noun

An S-shaped or sigmoid flesh-spicule of a sponge.

noun

The Greek letter Σ, σ, or ς (English S, or s). It originally had the form of the English C.

noun

The name for the eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the nineteenth letter of Old and Ancient.