Definition of beta Beta

/bejˈtʌ/ - [beytu] - Be•ta

We found 23 definitions of beta from 5 different sources.

What does beta mean?

Noun Plural: betas
beta - beets
		genus Beta
		caryophylloid dicot genus genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
		chenopodiaceae, family chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family includes spinach and beets
beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
		alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
Adjective beta, betaer, betaest
beta - preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product; "a beta version"; "beta software"
beta - second in order of importance; "the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory"

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beta (Noun)
The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet Β, β, preceded by alpha Α, α and followed by gamma, Γ, γ. In modern Greek it represents the labiodental voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
beta (Noun)
Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
beta (Noun)
Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
beta (Noun)
The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
beta (Noun)
A computer program in such phase; a preliminary version.
beta (Noun)
Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
beta (Noun)
A beta particle or beta ray .
beta (Noun)
A beta fish , of the genus Betta.
beta (Noun)
A beta male.
beta (Verb)
To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
beta (Verb)
To proofread a text, especially fan fiction .
beta (Adjective)
Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
beta (Adjective)
Designates the second in an order of precedence .
beta (Adjective)
Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
beta (Adjective)
associated with the beta male/ female archetype.

beta
The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
beta
Preliminary, prerelease; refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.

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Beta (uppercase/lowercase Β β), is a letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the [b] sound in Ancient Greek and [v] in Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. Letters that came from it include the Roman B and Cyrillic Б.

The sounds [b] and [v] resemble each other a lot. In the Ancient Greek the "b" sound became "v" around 200 BC. Therefore the letter B means the "v" sound in the Cyrillic alphabet, and a new letter, Б, was made for [b].

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beta in sign language