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rho

1

[ roh ]

noun

, plural rhos.
  1. the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.


Rho.

2
or Rhod

abbreviation for

  1. Rhodesia.

rho

/ rəʊ /

noun

  1. the 17th letter in the Greek alphabet (Ρ, ρ), a consonant transliterated as r or rh
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rho1

1350–1400; Middle English < Greek rhô
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Example Sentences

RHO now has a roster of international clients and fifty employees.

Peace was agreed upon, and Demetrius retreated, giving up to the Rho´di-ans all the mighty war engines he had brought with him.

The original Greek included a variant form of "rho" which could not be duplicated.

For example, what business has the letter rho in the word katoptron, or the letter sigma in the word sphigx?

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

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

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