Definition of eta Eta

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We found 8 definitions of eta from 5 different sources.

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What does eta mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: etas

eta - the 7th 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"
eta - a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
  Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA
  act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
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  • eta (Noun)
    The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek .
  • eta (Noun)
    A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.
  • eta (Noun)
    A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.

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  • eta
    The seventh letter of the Greek alphabet.

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  • letter
    Eta (uppercase/lowercase Η η), is the letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the "e" sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 8. Letters that came from it include the Roman Ɛ and Cyrillic Є.

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  • eta, noun, singular of etas.

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Sign Language

eta in sign language
Sign language - letter E Sign language - letter E Sign language - letter T Sign language - letter T Sign language - letter A Sign language - letter A