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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Upsilon  \Up"si*lon\,  n.  [Gr.  'y^  psilo`n  bare,  mere,  simple  y.] 
  The  20th  letter  ([Upsilon],  [upsilon])  of  the  Greek  alphabet, 
  a  vowel  having  originally  the  sound  of  [=oo]  as  in  room 
  becoming  before  the  4th  century  b.  c.  that  French  u  or  Ger. 
  ["u].  Its  equivalent  in  English  is  u  or  y. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  upsilon 
  n  :  the  20th  letter  of  the  Greek  alphabet 




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