The Greek Alphabet and Its Engineering Uses Name Upper Case Lower Case _ Uses Alpha A @ Absorption factor, angles, angular acceleration, attenuation constant, common-base currentam plifition factor, deviation of state parameter, temperature coef ficient of resistance, ther mal-expansion coefficient, thermal diffusivity Bea B ‘Angles, common-emitter current-amplification factor, flux density, phase constant, wavelength costant ‘amma y Flectrical conductivity. Grueneisen parameter Delta 4 Angles, damping coefficient (decay constant), decre ‘ment, increment, secondary-emission ratio Epsilon E € Capacitivity, dielectric coefficient, electric field intensity, electron energy, emmissivity, permit tivity base of natural logarithms (2.7128) Zaa___Z t Coefficients, coordinates. impedance Ba Hf 1 Chemical potential, dielectric susceptibility @ntrin sic capacitance). efficiency, hysteresis, intrinsic impedance of a medium, intrinsic standoff ratio Theta e ‘Angle of rotation, angles, angular phase dis placement, reluctance, thermal resistance, transit angle ToT 1 Tnertia Kappa _K © Coupling coefficient. susceptibility Lambda Tine density of charge, permanence, photosensi- tivity, wavelength Ma i Amplification factor, magnetic permeability, micron, mobility, permeability, prefix micro NaN v Reflectivity Xi = E Output coefficient Omicton_O- © Pi 1 © Peltier coefficient, ratio of circumference to diameter (3.1416) Rho P p Reflection coefficient, reflection factor, resistivity, volume density of electric charge jama = e Conductivity, Stefan-Boltzmann constant, summation, surface density of charge Tau t Period, propagation constant... Thomson coefficient time constant, time-phase displacement, transmission factor Upsilon v Admittance Phi 9 Angles, coefficient of performance, contact potential ‘magnetic flux, phase angle, phase displacement, radi- ant flux Chix x Angles Psi ¥ 7 Angles, dielectric Hux, displacement Tax, phase difference Omega 2 o ‘Angular frequency, angular velocity, Ohms, resistance, solid angle