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

Astronomy

• Omega Nebula, a star cluster, Messier catalogue number 17.
• Multiple stars have the Bayer designation of Omega
• Omega Centauri, a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus.
• Ω is one name for the density parameter; see Ultimate fate of the universe

Orbital elements

• Longitude of the ascending node, abbreviated Ω
• Argument of periapsis, abbreviated ω

Aviation

• Advance Omega, a Swiss paraglider design
• Omega Aerial Refueling Services

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 Lambert W function
• Omega language, a set of infinite-length sequences of symbols
• Chaitin's constant, or Halting Probability, written as Ω
• ω, the smallest infinite ordinal number, also understood as the set of all natural numbers
• ω₁ or Ω, the smallest uncountable ordinal number, also understood as the set of all countable ordinal numbers
• ω(g(n)) and Ω(g(n)), asymptotic notations used to characterize function growth
• The omega and agemo subgroups of a p-group, Ω(G) and ℧(G)
• An artificial minimal element needed to make the set of terms a lattice, and to denote non-unifiability of terms
• the function ω where ω(n) is the number of distinct prime factors of an integer n
• the function Ω where Ω(n) is the total number of prime factors of an integer n

Automobiles

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

Organisations

• Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, established 1977 at Rhinebeck, New York
• Omega SA, a Swiss luxury watchmaker
• Pennellificio Omega SpA (stylized as Ω Omega), an Italian manufacturer of shaving brushes and paintbrushes

Special Forces

• OMEGA (counterterrorism unit), 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, may refer to an object's angular frequency or angular velocity
• Omega, in sociobiology, the lowest rank in a dominance hierarchy
• Omega equation, in meteorology, the vertical velocity
• Omega West Reactor 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 luxury 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

Fictional characters from books

• Omega, a character in the Maximum Ride book series

Film

• Omega (film), a Greek film
• 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, the fictional government agency in the film True Lies
• The Omega Man, a 1971 science fiction film starring Charlton Heston

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
• "Omega class destroyer", a fictional Earth starship from the Babylon 5 science-fiction series
• "Omega", the twelfth episode of the TV series Dollhouse

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
• Pokémon Omega Ruby, the 2014 remake of the 2003 game Pokémon Ruby

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 and the Mechanical Animals, a moniker adopted by Marilyn Manson during his late 90's glam era
• Omega Recording Studios, a recording school and studio located outside of Washington D.C.
• Omega (singer), a Dominican merengue singer
• Queen Omega (singer), a Trinidadian reggae singer
• Omega (record label), a Dutch record label

Albums

• Omega (Asia album),
• Omega (Alyson Avenue album)
• Omega, a Japanese-language album by Hound Dog
• Omega, an album by the Finnish black metal band Azaghal

Songs

• "Omega", a song by Rebecca St. James from Pray
• "Omega", a song by Bruce Dickinson from Accident of Birth‘’
• "Omega", a song by SZA from Z

Other uses

• Kenny Omega, ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Tyson Smith (born 1983)
• 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
• OMEGA Championship Wrestling (OMEGA), a wrestling promotion owned by Matt and Jeff Hardy
• Omega Training Group, company which provides support for defense-oriented programs
• Omega chain, a type of collier

See also

• Alpha and Omega (disambiguation)