xi

Fourteenth Greek character

Xi is the fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ), used in mathematics and science to represent various quantities—particularly in physics for correlation lengths and in statistics for random variables.

In English contexts, it appears mainly in technical writing: The correlation length xi approaches infinity near the critical point. (Capitalized Xi is a Chinese surname.)

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alpha

First Greek letter

  • betaGreek alphabet's second letter
  • gammaGreek alphabet's third
  • deltaSymbol denoting variation

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