The Greek Alphabet
More Language Topics
More Topic Categories
Greek Letter Rho (Ρο - Ρ)
The Greek letter came from the Semitic form, and for some reason the Romans added a diagonal bar to distinguish this from their altered form of "pi", which they used for the "p" sound.
"Ρ" Letter in mathematics and in science
ρ represents:
- the radius in a polar coordinate system
- the correlation coefficient in statistics
- the sensitivity to interest rate in mathematical finance
- density (mass per unit volume)
- resistivity
- the shape and reshape operators in APL
Greek words with "ρ"
ρόδα, πόρτα
See Also: