Omega (disambiguation)

Omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet. See that article for more uses of the upper case (Ω) or lower case (ω) letter as a symbol.

Omega may also refer to:

Alphabet

• Omega (Cyrillic) (Ѡ, ѡ), the Cyrillic counterpart of the Greek omega

Automobiles

• Opel Omega, a car model by Opel/Vauxhall
• Oldsmobile Omega, a car model by General Motors

Mathematics

• Lambert W function, also known as the omega function
• Wright Omega function, another function defined in terms of the Lambert W function
• Omega constant, a specific value derived from the Lambers W function
• Omega language, a set of infinite-length sequences of symbols
• Chaitin's constant, or Halting Probability, written as Ω
• ω, the set of all natural numbers, and the smallest infinite ordinal number
• ω₁, the set of all countable ordinal numbers, and the smallest uncountable ordinal number
• ω(g(n)), an asymptotic notation used to characterize algorithms
• The omega and agemo subgroups of a p-group, Ω(G) and ℧(G)

Organisations

• Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, established 1977 at Rhinebeck, New York

Special Forces

• OMEGA, a Latvian special operations unit
• Omega Special Task Force, Georgian counter terrorism unit
• Joint Task Force OMEGA, a special operations task force of the Colombian Military

Philosophy

• Omega Point, an idea in eschatology advanced by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and physicist and mathematician Frank J. Tipler

Politics

• Omega 7, a Cuban anti-communist paramilitary group based in the United States

Places in the United States

• Omega, California, now uninhabited
  • Omega Hydraulic Diggings, historical gold mining site
• Omega, Georgia
• Omega, Indiana
• Omega, Oklahoma

Science

• OMEGA laser, laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, NY
• Omega loop, a protein motif
• Omega-3 fatty acid
• Omega-6 fatty acid
• Omega-9 fatty acid
• Omega particle, a sub-atomic particle
• Omega block, a typical block pattern in meteorology
• Omega, "ω", in physics, refers to an object's angular frequency
• Omega, in sociobiology, the lowest rank in a dominance hierarchy
• Omega, in cosmology, the density parameter
• Omega equation, in meteorology, the vertical velocity
• Omega West Reactor (OWR) an experimental physics reactor located at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
• Omega (unit), global mean saturation state of aragonite in surface seawater

Technology

• Omega (camera), a brand of cameras and enlargers
• OMEGA Navigation System, the first worldwide radio navigation system
• Omega (T_eX), a Unicode extension of the T_eX typesetting system
• Omega drivers, third-party drivers for ATI and nVidia graphics cards
• Ωmega interpreter, a strict pure functional programming language
• Iomega, a brand of storage media
• Omega SA, a high-end watch company currently owned by the Swatch Group

Fiction

Books

• Omega (novel), a 2003 science fiction novel by Jack McDevitt
• Omega (Harris novel), a 2000 novel by Christine Harris
• Omega: The Last Days of the World, an 1894 science fiction novel by Camille Flammarion
• Doctor Omega, a 1906 science fiction novel by Arnould Galopin
• Point Omega, a 2010 novel by Don DeLillo

Fictional characters from books

• Omega, a character in the Maximum Ride book series

Film

• Omega (film), a Greek film
• The Omega Code, a 1999 action-drama-horror film directed by Robert Marcarelli
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, the 2001 prequel/sequel to the 1999 film
• Omega Cop, a 1990 film also released under the title John Travis: Solar Survivor
• Omega Doom is a 1996 film by Albert Pyun, starring Rutger Hauer
• The Omega Man, a 1971 science fiction film starring Charlton Heston
• I Am Ωmega, a 2007 direct-to-DVD American doomsday film produced by The Asylum
• Omega 13, a time-machine in the 1999 science fiction/comedy film Galaxy Quest that can send the user back in time thirteen seconds
• Omega is the fictional government agency in the film True Lies

Fictional characters from films

• The Omegas, a group of mutant outcasts in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand

Television

• Omega (Doctor Who audio), a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on Doctor Who
• "The Omega Glory", a Star Trek original series episode
• "The Omega Directive", a Star Trek Voyager episode
• "The Omega Factor", a 10 part supernatural/drama series produced by BBC Scotland in 1979
• "Omega class destroyer", a fictional Earth starship from the Babylon 5 science-fiction series

Fictional characters from television

• Omega (Doctor Who), a fictional character from the television series
• Omega Ranger, a character from Power Rangers: S.P.D.
• Omega, an alias of O'Malley, a character in Red vs. Blue
• Kamen Rider Orga, a fictional character motif as (Ω)

Comics characters

• Omega (comics), a comic book villain from the Legion of Super-Heroes
• Omega the Unknown, a character in the Marvel Comics universe

Video games

• Omega (1989 computer game), by Origin Systems

Video game characters

• Genra, also known as Omega, the final boss of Dead or Alive 3
• Omega, a recurring boss in the Final Fantasy series
• Omega, a character in the Mega Man Zero series
• E-123 Omega, a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog series
• Omega Metroids, the final evolution of the normal Metroid cycle from the game Metroid II: Return of Samus, also seen in Metroid Fusion
• Omega Rugal, an enhanced, powered version of Rugal Bernstein, one of the final bosses of the The King of Fighters game series

Music

• Omega (band), a Hungarian rock band
• "Omega" (song), a song by Rebecca St. James
• Omega Recording Studios, a recording school and studio located outside of Washington D.C.
• Omega, lead singer of Omega y su Mambo Violento, a Dominican musical group
• Omega, an album by the Finnish black metal band Azaghal
• Omega (album), an album by the English progressive rock band Asia
• Omega, a song by Bruce Dickinson from his Accident of Birth album
• Omega and the Mechanical Animals, a moniker adopted by Marilyn Manson during his late 90's glam era

Other uses

• Omega (barque), the world's last cargo-carrying square-rigger sailing ship, sunk in 1958 off Peru
• Omega (grape), another name for the Catawba grape
• Omega Development Site, planned to be one of Europe's largest business parks, in Warrington, Cheshire
• Omega Pharma, a Belgian pharmaceutical company
• OMEGA Memorandum, a 1956 State Dept memorandum designed to marginalize Gamal Abdel Nasser
• Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a wrestling promotion owned by Matt and Jeff Hardy
• Omega Training Group, company which provides support for defense-oriented programs

See also

• Alpha and Omega (disambiguation)

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