What is 18th letter greek alphabet?

The 18th letter of the Greek alphabet is Rho (Ρ, ρ).

  • It corresponds to the Latin letter R.
  • In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 100.
  • In modern Greek, it represents a voiced alveolar trill /r/.

It is used in various fields including:

  • Physics: As a symbol for density, resistivity, and charge density.
  • Statistics: As a symbol for correlation coefficient.
  • Mathematics: As a symbol for polar coordinate systems particularly the radius.
  • Finance: As a symbol for sensitivity of an option price to changes in the risk-free interest rate (see Greeks).