(finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

The third letter of the Greek alphabet (Γ, γ), preceded by beta (Β, β) and followed by delta, (Δ, δ). / (physics) A gamma ray or gamma-ray photon. / (mathematics) The Gamma function, symbolized by Γ.

plural of gamma

Very high frequency (and therefore very high energy) electromagnetic radiation emitted as a consequence of radioactivity.

A fraction of blood serum containing the most antibodies.

(mathematical analysis) A meromorphic function which generalizes the notion of factorial to complex numbers and has singularities at the nonpositive integers; any of certain generalizations or analogues of said function, such as extend the factorial to domains other than the complex numbers.

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, especially the sodium or potassium salts used as the drug "fantasy".

(medicine) A machine that produces and focuses beams of gamma rays at a specific location in the body, used to burn up diseased tissues.

plural of gamma knife

plural of gamma ray