O (disambiguation)

O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet.

O may also refer to:

Letters

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • O (film), 2001 film starring Josh Hartnett, Mekhi Phifer and Julia Stiles

Literature

Media and publications

Music

Sports

  • O (gesture), a gesture used to show support for the sports teams of the University of Oregon
  • Baltimore Orioles, an American Major League Baseball team, among whose common nicknames are "O's" and "The O's"

Others

Companies

History

Linguistics

  • O, an antiquated vocative placed before a name of, or phrase characterizing, the party being addressed
  • O (also P), the patient-like argument (object) of a canonical transitive verb

Mathematics

  • , a Bachmann–Landau notation in computational complexity theory ("|f| is bounded above by g asymptotically")
  • , a Bachmann–Landau notation in computational complexity theory ("f is dominated by g asymptotically")
  • O, for orthogonal group
  • ∘ indicates function composition, or composition of morphisms in a category
  • Category O or , a category of Lie algebra representations
  • o, for octet, an information measure unit used in computing

Media

Places

  • O Brook, a short river in Devon, England

Science

  • O, chemical symbol for oxygen
  • O, a human blood type, the universal donor
  • Haplogroup O (Y-DNA), a Y-chromosomal DNA haplogroup
  • O, for pyrrolysine an alpha amino acid in biochemistry
  • Class O, stellar classification for very hot bluish stars
  • O (for Octavius, meaning an eight of a gallon), an apothecary's symbol for a pint

Surname

  • O (surname), Korean surname romanized "O" or "Oh"
  • Ō (Japanese surname), Japanese surname derived from the Chinese surname Wang (王)
  • Ou (surname), Chinese and Cantonese surnames pronounced "O" or "Oh"
  • A prefix meaning "grandson (of)", appearing in Irish surnames
  • Genovevo de la O (1876-1952), Mexican revolutionary
  • Karen O, born Karen Lee Orzolek, American singer

Other uses

See also

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