How do you use Upsilon in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like letter, plus the exact meaning.
Upsilon in a sentence
Upsilon meaning
- The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek.
- An upsilon meson, or bottomonium.
Synonyms of Upsilon
Using Upsilon
- The main meaning on this page is: The twentieth letter of Classical and Modern Greek; the twenty-second letter of Old and Ancient Greek. | An upsilon meson, or bottomonium.
- Useful related words include: letter, alphabetic character.
- In the example corpus, upsilon often appears in combinations such as: and upsilon, psi upsilon, upsilon sigma.
Context around Upsilon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Upsilon
- In this selection, "upsilon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, delta, chi, psi, sigma, unanimously and member stand out and add context to how "upsilon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and delta upsilon unanimously voted and carinae and upsilon carinae are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "upsilon" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with upsilon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Epsilon Carinae and Upsilon Carinae are double stars visible in small telescopes. (12 words)
Chi Upsilon Sigma was fully funded $200 for its one-hour zumba aerobic class. (14 words)
Junior Psi Upsilon member Jack Dussik said, “Two groups donated $3,000 each last minute. (15 words)
On April 30, the fourth day of the ongoing sit-in by Organizing for Survivors and the Coalition to End Fraternity Violence, both Phi Psi and Delta Upsilon unanimously voted to disband. (32 words)
In Libra, for example, the new designations sigma, tau, and upsilon were chosen to avoid conflict with Bayer's earlier designations, even though several stars with earlier letters are not as bright. (32 words)
Screenshots of an alleged group chat of members of Upsilon Sigma Phi, touted as the country’s oldest Greek fraternity, went viral on Twitter in the morning of November 21. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
On April 30, the fourth day of the ongoing sit-in by Organizing for Survivors and the Coalition to End Fraternity Violence, both Phi Psi and Delta Upsilon unanimously voted to disband.
Chi Upsilon Sigma was fully funded $200 for its one-hour zumba aerobic class.
Junior Psi Upsilon member Jack Dussik said, “Two groups donated $3,000 each last minute.
Screenshots of an alleged group chat of members of Upsilon Sigma Phi, touted as the country’s oldest Greek fraternity, went viral on Twitter in the morning of November 21.
Another method includes an asterism made up of Sigma, Chi, Tau, and Upsilon Octantis, which form a distinctive trapezoid shape.
At Northwestern, he joined the Upsilon chapter of Phi Kappa Sigma and is listed among the more famous members of the fraternity.
Epsilon Carinae and Upsilon Carinae are double stars visible in small telescopes.
In Libra, for example, the new designations sigma, tau, and upsilon were chosen to avoid conflict with Bayer's earlier designations, even though several stars with earlier letters are not as bright.
Y was adopted to represent upsilon in loanwords from Greek, but it was pronounced like u and i by some speakers.
Common combinations with upsilon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: