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Meaning of "beta" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BETA

From Greek bēta, from Hebrew.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BETA

ˈbiːtə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BETA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Beta is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BETA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Beta

Beta is a letter of the Greek alphabet. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive /b/. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative /v/. The letter beta was derived from the Phoenician letter beth. Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter 〈B〉 and the Cyrillic letters 〈Б〉 and 〈В〉. In the system of Greek numerals, beta has a value of 2.

Definition of beta in the English dictionary

The first definition of beta in the dictionary is the second letter in the Greek alphabet, a consonant, transliterated as b. Other definition of beta is the second highest grade or mark, as in an examination. Beta is also involving or relating to electrons.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BETA

akita · beater · browbeater · dita · drumbeater · eater · eggbeater · eta · gold-beater · heater · liter · Lolita · margarita · meter · partita · peter · tweeter · vita · zabeta · zeta

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BETA

bet one´s bottom dollar on · beta coefficient · beta decay · beta globulin · beta iron · beta particle · beta process · beta ray · beta rhythm · beta stock · beta transformation · beta wave · beta-blocker · beta-blocking · beta-hypophamine · beta-test · Betacam · betacarotene · betacism · betacyanin

WORDS THAT END LIKE BETA

anchoveta · arboreta · chaqueta · feta · galleta · geta · keta · meseta · Meta · muleta · nepeta · peseta · Peta · pineta · secreta · seta · taffeta · tapeta · theta · weta

Synonyms and antonyms of beta in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «beta» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BETA

Find out the translation of beta to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of beta from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beta» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

公测
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

beta
570 millions of speakers
en

English

beta
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बीटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيتا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

бета
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

beta
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বিটা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bêta
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Beta
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

beta
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ベータ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

베타
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Beta
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

beta
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பீட்டா
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बीटा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

beta
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

beta
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

beta
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

бета
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

beta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βήτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beta
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beta

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BETA»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beta

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6 QUOTES WITH «BETA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word beta.
1
Jim Barksdale
We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers.
2
Jay Chiat
We set up a beta site, a test site, with movie, music and book reviews. If you're reading them and you want to buy a book or a ticket for a movie that's reviewed on the site, you can do that without leaving our site.
3
Shawn Fanning
It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market.
4
John Hersey
The first stage had been all over before the doctors even knew they were dealing with a new sickness; it was the direct reaction to the bombardment of the body, at the moment when the bomb went off, by neutrons, beta particles, and gamma rays.
5
Sinbad
Here's the thing about Apple, we complain and they give us more battery life. We complain and they'll give us more stuff. Everything's beta right now. Everything's experimental. They really don't know what people want.
6
Paul Stamets
Mushrooms have many helpful nutrients, including beta glucans for immune enhancement, ergothioneines for antioxidative potentiation, nerve growth stimulators for helping brain function, and antimicrobial compounds for limiting viruses.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BETA»

Discover the use of beta in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beta and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Handbook of Beta Distribution and Its Applications
A milestone in the published literature on the subject, this first-ever Handbook of Beta Distribution and Its Applications clearly enumerates the properties of beta distributions and related mathematical notions.
Arjun K. Gupta, Saralees Nadarajah, 2004
2
The Modern Role of Beta-Blockers in Cardiovascular Medicine
The book provides a concise much-needed update of beta-blockers use cardiovascular area (particularly hypertension and heart failure).
John Malcolm Cruickshank, 2010
3
Pancreatic Beta Cell in Health and Disease
This book provides a comprehensive up-to-date review of the beta cell in health and disease.
Susumu Seino, Graeme I. Bell, 2008
4
Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National ...
The author of Wake Up Down There! describes how New Mexico physicist Paul Bennewitz was targeted by the government as part of a massive scheme of disinformation and covering up the real truth about UFOs. Original. 12,500 first printing.
Greg Bishop, 2005
5
Beta Thalassemia: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
Beta Thalassemia: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyBrief™ that delivers timely, authoritative, comprehensive, and specialized information about Beta Thalassemia in a concise format.
‎2012
6
Beyond Beta: Other Continuous Families of Distributions with ...
Statistical distributions are fundamental to Statistical Science and are a prime indispensable tool for its applications.
Samuel Kotz, Johan René Van Dorp, 2004
7
Islet Transplantation and Beta Cell Replacement Therapy
Edited by a surgeon and an endocrinologist at the forefront of the technology, this volume considers challenges associated with this procedure including lack of sufficient donor organs and the side effects of immunosuppressive therapy, as ...
A. M. James Shapiro, James A. M. Shaw, 2007
8
The TGF-[beta] Family
Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-ß) was identified about 27 years ago for its ability to induce phenotypic transformation of fibroblasts in diverse cell types.
Rik Derynck, Kōhei Miyazono, 2008
9
Advances in beta-Galactosidase Research and Application: ...
The editors have built Advances in beta-Galactosidase Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about ZZZAdditional Research in this book to be deeper than ...
‎2013
10
Fatigue of Beta Processed and Beta Heat-treated Titanium Alloys
This publication reviews most of the available literature on the fatigue properties of β annealed Ti-6Al-4V and titanium alloys with similar microstructures.
Russell Wanhill, Simon Barter, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BETA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beta is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beta Pictoris planet makes waves
SPLASH ZONE A periodically plunging planet causes these spiral waves in the belt of debris surrounding the star Beta Pictoris, as seen in this ... «Science News, Jul 15»
2
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition Beta Announced
The "Beta" part of the title is intentional as the title is "not quite finished". The team will be developing the title and evolving the Windows 10 ... «TrueAchievements, Jul 15»
3
What's So Smart About Smart Beta?
Join this webinar as industry experts explain the theory behind smart beta, when the strategy works and when it doesn't; and finally new best practices in terms ... «Financial-Planning.com, Jul 15»
4
'Skyforge' to Launch Open Beta This Month (VIDEO)
"Skyforge," a new action MMORPG from Allods Team and Obsidian Entertainment is set to launch its open beta by the middle of July. «Christian Post, Jul 15»
5
Google readies Tel Aviv beta for ride-sharing via Waze
Google did not respond to requests for information, while Waze said in a statement to Reuters that the plan would be a “small, private beta test. «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
6
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3: Everything we know so far including the …
Pre-ordering the game grants access to the Black Ops 3 multiplayer beta - the first for the franchise since World at War in 2008. The beta will ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
7
Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta announced, free to existing PC …
Mojang has announced Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition, which will launch in beta form alongside Microsoft's new operating system on 29th July. «Eurogamer.net, Jul 15»
8
iOS 9 Release Date, Public Beta & Features: Top 5 Tips to Optimize …
SAN ANSELMO, CA - JANUARY 27: An Apple iPhone sits on a box on January 27, 2015 in San Anselmo, California. Apple Inc. reported huge ... «Latino Post, Jul 15»
9
BrownfieldListings.com Releases Beta to the Public
CHICAGO, July 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BrownfieldListings.com today announced the open beta release of its platform for real estate with reuse challenges, the ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
10
TaiG releases 2.3.1 beta untethered jailbreak with latest Cydia 1.1 …
The TaiG team has been quick to push out updates for its jailbreak tool. There is a beta version now available incorporating the new Cydia ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
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