iota

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Ι ι

Greek: γιώτα Ancient Greek: ἰῶτα

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From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

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Singular
iota

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural iotas

iota (countable and uncountable; plural iotas)

  1. (uncountable) The ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.
    As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
  2. (countable) A printed or computer-stored instance of that ninth letter.
    There are twelve iotas on that page.
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From the difference between ὁμοούσιος (homoousios), same substance) and ὁμοιούσιος (homoiousios), similar substance) in Christology, the names of those two competing viewpoints differing only by one ι.

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Singular
iota

Plural
countable and uncountable; plural iotas

iota (countable and uncountable; plural iotas)

  1. (countable) A jot; a very small, inconsiderable quantity.
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  • Anagrams of aiot
  • Oita

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From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

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  • Hyphenation: io‧ta

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iota f. (plural iotes)

  1. Iota; the Greek letter Ι (lowercase ι).
  2. Iota; a small amount.

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iota m. inv.

  1. iota (Greek letter)

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iota f. (plural iotas)

Singular
iota f.

Plural
iotas f.

  1. iota; the Greek letter Ι, ι