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Language and usage: Sample tables
The Greek Alphabet
| Letter |
Name |
Transliteration |
| A |
a |
alpha |
a |
| B |
b |
beta |
b |
| G |
g |
gamma |
g |
| D |
d |
delta |
d |
| E |
e |
epsilon |
e |
| Z |
z |
zeta |
z |
| H |
h |
eta |
e, e |
| Q |
q |
theta |
th |
| I |
i |
iota |
i |
| K |
k |
kappa |
k |
| L |
l |
lambda |
l |
| M |
m |
mu |
m |
| N |
n |
nu |
n |
| X |
x |
xi |
x |
| O |
o |
omicron |
o |
| P |
p |
pi |
p |
| R |
r |
rho |
r |
| S |
s |
sigma |
s |
| T |
t |
tau |
t |
| U |
u |
upsilon |
u |
| F |
f |
phi |
ph |
| C |
c |
chi |
ch, kh |
| Y |
y |
psi |
ps |
| W |
w |
omega |
o, o |
Former Trade Names that are now Ordinary English Words
| Word |
Definition |
| aspirin |
(a tablet containing) acetylsalicylic acid, used as a pain-killer |
| autogiro |
an aircraft in which the lifting surfaces are the freely-rotating blades of a large horizontal air-screw |
| bakelite |
a synthetic resin much used for insulating purposes and in the manufacture of plastics, paints, and varnishes |
| barathea |
1. worsted fabric with twill hopsack weave
2. silk or silk-and-worsted fabic with lightly tibbed or pebble weave |
| brilliantine |
a cosmetic for rendering the hair glossy |
| carborundum |
a silicon carbide used for grinding-wheels etc. |
| celluloid |
1. a flammable thermoplastic made from cellulose nitrate, camphor, and alcohol, used in cinema film
2. cinema film |
| duralumin |
an alloy of aluminium, copper, and other metals, having great strength and lightness |
| escalator |
a moving staircase |
| gramophone |
a device for reproducing sounds stored on disc; a record-player |
| gunk |
(slang) any unpleasant sticky or slimy substance |
| heroin |
a derivative of morphine, a highly addictive white crystalline powder, used as an anodyne, a sedative, and as a recreational drug |
| linoleum |
a preparation of oxidised linseed-oil mixed with ground cork and laid upon fabric, used as a floor covering |
| melamine |
1. a white crystalline compound used for making synthetic resins
2. a resin made from this, used in moulded products, adhesives, coatings etc. |
| mimeograph |
a
duplicating apparatus in which a paraffin-coated sheet is used as a stencil for reproducing written or typewritten material; to reproduce by means of this |
| nylon |
name applied to a group of thermoplastics, used largely for hosiery, shirts, dress fabrics, imitation furs, ropes, brushes etc. |
| polythene |
any of various thermoplastics that are polymers of ethylene |
| rayon |
artificial silk made from cellulose |
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