rho

[ roh ]

noun,plural rhos.
  1. the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).

  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

Origin of rho

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Greek rhô

Words Nearby rho

Other definitions for Rho. (2 of 2)

Rho.

abbreviation
  1. Rhodesia.

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How to use rho in a sentence

  • We can understand one another, although the letter rho accent is not equivalent to the letter s: why is this?

    Cratylus | Plato
  • I think that Donaldson and Mone are unquestionably wrong in making the name of this river rho-dan-us, from a word dan, water.

    The River-Names of Europe | Robert Ferguson

British Dictionary definitions for rho

rho

/ (rəʊ) /


nounplural rhos
  1. the 17th letter in the Greek alphabet (Ρ, ρ), a consonant transliterated as r or rh

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