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O is the fifteenth letter of the Latin alphabet.

In Greek (Omikron), Etruscan and Latin O stood for the vowel /o/. Although Semitic 'Ajin was used in some alphabets to transcribe [o], the sound value was usually consonantic: [?/] (as the Arabic letter ع called 'Ajn').

Oscar represents the letter O in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

1 Meanings for O

• In baseball, The Baltimore Orioles are sometimes simply referred to as the "Os".
• In calendars, O is often the abbreviation for the month October.
• In chemistry, O is the symbol for oxygen.
• In computer science, O means order, as used in computational complexity theory and mathematicsMathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers". In the formalist view, it is the investigation of axiomatically defined abstract structures to describe the size of functions using a notation called Big O notationIn complexity theory, computer science, and mathematics the Big O notation is a mathematical notation used to describe the asymptotic behavior of functions. More exactly, it is used to describe an asymptotic upper bound for the magnitude of a function in.
• In filmFor other uses see film (disambiguation Film — also called movies the cinema the silver screen moving pictures motion pictures photoplays picture shows and flicks — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment, OThe movie O is a 'teen' version of William Shakespeare's Othello''. Told in a contemporary high school setting, Othello is now Odin ( Mekhi Phifer), star of the basketball team and the school's only African American student. Desdemona is Desi ( Julia Stil is the name of a 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap film based on William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 ( O. May 3, 1616 ( N. has a reputation as the greatest writer the English language has ever known. Indeed, the English Renaissance has often been called "the age of Shakespe's OthelloThis page is about the Shakespeare play, for the board game, see Othello board game. Othello: The Moor of Venice is a play by Shakespeare written about 1603. Othello is a tragedy, like Hamlet Macbeth and King Lear''. Shakespeare probably wrote Othello aft starring Mekhi Phifer and Josh Hartnett, set in a high school. The duke is the basketball coach nicknamed "Duke", and the Othello role is a basketball star nicknamed "O". The movie is a portrayal of how adolescent jealousy can get out of hand, leading to deadly consequences.
• In financial securities, O is the stock symbol for Realty Income Corporation .
• In English, O is a symbol for a hug, as in love notes.
• In French, O is a homophone of eau ( water)
• In literature, O is the subject of the sadomasochistic novel The Story of O
• In mathematics, blackboard bold (𝐎) represents the octonions.
• In mathematics, O(n) represents the orthogonal group.
• In medicine, O is one of the human blood types.
• In music, O is the name of the first album by Damien Rice
• In publishing «O» was the name of a German fetish magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine is the name of an American women's magazine founded and edited by entrepreneur Oprah Winfrey.
• In theater, O is the name of a Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas, which is a theatrical acrobatic production set in a water stage. The name is a pun on the French word for water, eau (pronounced "oh").
• In wine, O is the name of several châteaux in France, e.g. Château d'O in Normandy [1]
• O (鄂) is Wade-Giles for the pinyin È, an abbreviation of the Hubei province of the People's Republic of China