beta

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English [edit]

Ancient Greek Alphabet
←
alpha
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gamma
Β β
Ancient Greek: βῆτα
Wikipedia article on beta


Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bēta)

Pronunciation [edit]

Adjective [edit]

beta (not generally comparable; )

  1. Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
  2. Designates the second in an order of precedence.
  3. (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
  4. (of a person, object or action) associated with the beta male/female archetype.

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from beta (adjective)

Translations [edit]

beta

Noun [edit]

beta (plural betas)

  1. 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 voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.
  2. Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
  3. (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
  4. (computing) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
  5. (computing) A computer program in such phase; a preliminary version.
    • 2007, Michael Lopp, Managing Humans (page 107)
      He quickly deduced our goal—ship a quality beta—but he also quickly discerned that we had no idea about the quality of the product because of our pile of untriaged bugs.
  6. (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
  7. (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
  8. A beta fish, of the genus Betta.
  9. A beta male.
    • 2010, "Citizen Renegade", Chinese Women Toughest Girls To Game?:
      The Chinese, being the massively Special K-selected race that they are, are likely the world’s preeminent, badassiest provider betas.

Translations [edit]

letter of the Greek alphabet

Verb [edit]

beta (third-person singular simple present betas, present participle betaing, simple past and past participle betaed)

  1. (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
  2. (chiefly Internet) To proofread a text, especially fan fiction.
    • 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative [1]
      My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.
    • 2000, Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, McFarland (2006), ISBN 9780786426409, page 180,
      Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.
    • 2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative [2]
      The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but <shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.
    • 2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated [3]
      I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.

Anagrams [edit]

Ambonese Malay [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

beta

  1. I first-person singular pronoun

Catalan [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

beta f (plural betes)

  1. Beta; the Greek letter Β (lowercase β).

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Occitan beta

Noun [edit]

beta f (plural betes)

  1. boat; specifically a small, flat-bottom boat common to the coasts of Provence and Languedoc.

Czech [edit]

Noun [edit]

beta n

  1. beta (Greek letter)

Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia it

beta f (invariable)

  1. beta (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Noun [edit]

beta f (plural bete)

  1. beet (plant of the genus Beta)
  2. (computing) beta (software version)

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Noun [edit]

bēta (genitive bētae); f, first declension

  1. A beet.

Noun [edit]

bēta (indeclinable); n

  1. The Greek letter beta.

Malay [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Ambonese Malay beta.

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

beta

  1. I, me, my (exclusive use in royalty, subject is either king or queen)
See also [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

beta

  1. beta (second letter of the Greek alphabet)

Old Irish [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Verb [edit]

beta

  1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

Portuguese [edit]

Noun [edit]

beta f (plural betas)

  1. beta (all senses)
  2. beet (plant)

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /bêta/
  • Hyphenation: be‧ta

Noun [edit]

bȅta f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏та)

  1. beta, the Greek letter, Β, β

Declension [edit]

    declension of beta
singular plural
nominative beta bete
genitive bete beta
dative beti betama
accusative betu bete
vocative beto bete
locative beti betama
instrumental betom betama

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bēta), of Semitic origin, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

beta f (plural betas)

  1. beta; the Greek letter Β, β

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

beta n and c

  1. beta; the Greek letter Β, β
  2. beetroot
  3. (computing) a beta version of a program
  4. (slang) short for minnesbeta

Declension [edit]

Declension of beta Greek letter
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beta betat beta betan
genitive betas betats betas betans
Declension of beta Beet, beta version, minnesbeta
singular plural
common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative beta betan betor betorna
genitive betas betans betors betornas

Verb [edit]

beta

  1. to graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.
  2. to test software prior to release.

Conjugation [edit]

Conjugation of beta
Active Passive
Infinitive beta betas
Present tense betar betas
Past tense betade betades
Supine betat betats
Imperative beta —
Present participle betande
Past participle betad

See also [edit]

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