rho

¹ American  

[roh] / roʊ /

noun

plural

rhos

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

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

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Rho. ² American  

Or Rhod

abbreviation

1. Rhodesia.

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rho British  

/ rəʊ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of rho

1350–1400; Middle English < Greek rhô

Example Sentences

Rho-dependent termination is controlled by rho protein and the polymerase begins near the end of the gene at a run of G nucleotides on the DNA template.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Tashiro, A., Minden, A. & Yuste, R. Regulation of dendritic spine morphology by the rho family of small GTPases: antagonistic roles of Rac and Rho.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

And that's R-H-O, as in the Greek letter rho.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2013

After nagging one of his fellow patrons to borrow a diamond-encrusted snuff box, the owner succumbed, but not before scribbling in its lid the Greek letters phi and rho, or "Fie, Rowe!"

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2013

And the explanation of this is custom or agreement: we have made a convention that the rho shall mean s and a convention may indicate by the unlike as well as by the like.

From Cratylus by Jowett, Benjamin