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omega point

omega point noun: a well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane. Also the alternative letter-case form of Omega Point.

Noun (1)

omega point (plural omega points)

  1. A well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane.
    • To begin, let AB be a given segment, and l and m be sensed parallel lines with shared omega point Ω.2018, Maureen T. Carroll, Elyn Rykken, Geometry: The Line and the Circle, page 319

Noun (2) capitalized: Omega Point

Omega Point (plural Omega Points)

  1. A maximal level of complexity in the universe, often equated with the Christian God, which some philosophers believe is inevitable.
    • We may hope that the intelligence at the omega point will consist of our descendants. That is to say, of our intellectual descendants, since our present physical forms could not survive near the omega point.1998 [1997], David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 352
    • [Philip] Goff likens this scenario to the visions of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French Jesuit priest who, as we've seen, prophesied the coming Omega Point and inspired aspects of transhumanism.2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 9, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN

Noun (3) capitalized: Omega point

Omega point (plural Omega points)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Omega Point.

Also used as

omega point is also the alternative letter-case form of Omega Point.

Forms of omega point

pluralomega points
pluralOmega Points
alternative formOmega point
alternative formomega point
pluralOmega points

Origin of omega point

The use of omega to refer to the concept was originated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in reference to it being the final letter of the Greek alphabet; see alpha and omega.

Questions about omega point

What does omega point mean?
Omega point means a well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane.
What part of speech is omega point?
Omega point is a noun.
What is the plural of omega point?
The plural of omega point is omega points.

Words near omega point in the dictionary

  1. omega
  2. omega female
  3. omega females
  4. omega male
  5. omega males
  6. omega point
  7. omega points
  8. Omega variant
  9. omega wrap
  10. omega wraps
  11. omega-3 fatty acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: omega point (page history and authors); Omega Point (page history and authors); Omega point (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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