signals

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Literally full of sigmas, phis, omegas and other symbols.

From Washington Times • Apr. 7, 2020

The reference to sigmas indicated the scientists’ level of certainty in their findings, and a score of five is close to a sure thing.

From Time • Oct. 8, 2013

Besides the familiar neutrons, electrons and protons, they are now pondering dozens of new and strange bits of matter bearing such exotic names as lambdas, pions, kaons and sigmas.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his badly penned sigmas and deltas she spied the shaking hand of her son’s growing anxiety.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Chairs and stools were usually of ivory, and the most homely vessels were often made of the most costly metal; the semicircular tables or sigmas were so heavy that two youths could hardly lift one.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred