λ Greek Small Letter Lamda
lambda
U+03BB
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Symbol meaning
Lambda — the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet (also used in Coptic). In the Ionian number system matched, it meant 30. It originated from the Phoenician letter Lamd. Numerous letters originated from the lamd itself, such as L or Л.
A lowercase lambda is widely used in scientific notation. Lambda denotes the wavelength, the decay constant, the specific heat of melting, the charge density, and many other variables. λ-probe — a sensor of residual oxygen in exhaust gases. λ-phage is the name of one of the bacteriophages.
Greek Small Letter Lamda was approved as part of Unicode 1.1 in 1993.
Properties
| Age | 1.1 |
| Block | Greek and Coptic |
| Bidi Paired Bracket Type | None |
| Composition Exclusion | No |
| Case Folding | 03BB |
| Simple Case Folding | 03BB |
Related characters
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ω
Greek Small Letter Omega
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ξ
Greek Small Letter Xi
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δ
Greek Small Letter Delta
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ε
Greek Small Letter Epsilon
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ζ
Greek Small Letter Zeta
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η
Greek Small Letter Eta
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θ
Greek Small Letter Theta
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ι
Greek Small Letter Iota
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κ
Greek Small Letter Kappa
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μ
Greek Small Letter Mu
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ν
Greek Small Letter Nu
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ο
Greek Small Letter Omicron
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β
Greek Small Letter Beta
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π
Greek Small Letter Pi
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ρ
Greek Small Letter Rho
Encoding
| Encoding | hex | dec (bytes) | dec | binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | CE BB | 206 187 | 52923 | 11001110 10111011 |
| UTF-16BE | 03 BB | 3 187 | 955 | 00000011 10111011 |
| UTF-16LE | BB 03 | 187 3 | 47875 | 10111011 00000011 |
| UTF-32BE | 00 00 03 BB | 0 0 3 187 | 955 | 00000000 00000000 00000011 10111011 |
| UTF-32LE | BB 03 00 00 | 187 3 0 0 | 3137536000 | 10111011 00000011 00000000 00000000 |