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What is a sigma?

What is a sigma? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The eighteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek, the twentieth letter of Old and Ancient.
  2. (mathematics) The symbol Σ, used to indicate summation of a set or series.
  3. (statistics) The symbol σ, used to indicate one standard deviation from the mean, particularly in a normal distribution.
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The relative strength of radar reflectivity is tabulated by sigma, for discrete objects, and by sigma nought for natural terrain surfaces.
It is all the way between ± one sigma of the asymmetric red circles wing, observationally undiscernible.
The alkene carbon-carbon double bond is made from two sp trigonally hybridized carbons, where one of the carbon-carbon bonds is a sigma bond and the other is a pi bond.
The triple bond is composed of one sigma bond from overlap of sp hybrid orbitals, and two pi bonds, from overlap of two sets of p orbitals.
At the same time, strain in the Pt N sigma bond framework often results in low-lying d d excited states that effectively quench the emission.
The log power of activity in delta, theta, alpha, sigma, and beta bandwidths was computed.

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