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Ancient Greek: βῆτα | ||
Wikipedia article on beta |
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta). Дублети of beth.
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: bēʹtə, МФА(кључ): /ˈbiːtə/
- (US) enPR: bāʹtə, МФА(кључ): /ˈbeɪtə/
Audio (US) (file) - Риме: -iːtə, -eɪtə
- (UK) Homophone: beater (non-rhotic accents)
- (US) Homophone: baiter (non-rhotic accents)
Noun
beta (plural betas)
- 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.
- Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
- (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
- (computing, video games, uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
- The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.
- (computing, video games, countable) Software in such a 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.
- 2015 фебруар 14, Steven Strom, “Evolve Review: Middle of the food chain”, in Ars Technica[1]:
- Lua грешка in Модул:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function "first_lang" does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
- 2007, Michael Lopp, Managing Humans (page 107)
- (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
- (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
- (aviation) Sideslip angle.
- (aviation) The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.
- Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”)
- (slang, manosphere, masculism) Script error: The function "show_from" does not exist. beta male., a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
- 2006, Catherine Mann, Blaze of Glory, Harlequin (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- “I guess in your psychological language of alpha males and beta males, I would be firmly in the camp that prefers the more laid-back betas,” she took a deep breath, “like your father.”
- 2010, L. A. Banks, "Dog Tired (of the Drama!)", in Blood Lite II: Overbite (ed. Kevin J. Anderson), Gallery Books (2010), →ISBN, page 121:
- “They want sexy, virile alpha males, yes? But that doesn't come with sensitive and loyal and all of that. That's a beta. A frickin' collie, Lola. […]
- 2010, Terry Spear, Wolf Fever, Sourcebooks Casablanca (2010), →ISBN, page 24:
- She'd always had a thing for alpha males. Not that she had any intention of being bossed around, even if one had her best interests at heart. Her fascination with alphas was that they were a challenge. Betas didn't hold much of an appeal.
- 2015, Stephen Jarosek, Tyrants of Matriarchy:
- Lua грешка in Модул:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function "first_lang" does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
- 2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die[2]:
- Lua грешка in Модул:languages/errorGetBy at line 14: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the first parameter; the value "<strong class="error"><span class="scribunto-error" id="mw-scribunto-error-51fddb02">Script error: The function "first_lang" does not exist.</span></strong>" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)..
- 2006, Catherine Mann, Blaze of Glory, Harlequin (2006), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 317:
- Many A/B/O stories posit societies where biological imperatives divide people based on wolf pack hierarchies into sexual dominants (alphas), sexual submissives (omegas), and everyone else (betas).
- 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
- In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.
- 2018, Laura Campillo Arnaiz, "When the Omega Empath Met the Alpha Doctor: An Analysis of Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics in the Hannibal Fandom", in The Darker Side of Slash Fan Fiction (ed. Ashton Spacey), page 119:
- Betas are usually second in command to the reigning alpha, and omegas belong to the lowest caste of the social hierarchy.
- 2013, Kristina Busse, "Pon Farr, Mpreg, Bonds, and the Rise of the Omegaverse", in Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World (ed. Anne Jamison), page 317:
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective
beta (not comparable)
- Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
- Designates the second in an order of precedence.
- (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
- (of a person, object or action) associated with the beta male/female archetype.
Derived terms
Translations
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Verb
beta
- (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
- (chiefly Internet) To beta-read a text.
- 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative [3]
- 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, 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 [4]
- 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 [5]
- 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.
- 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative [3]
Anagrams
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
From Classical Malay بيتا (beta, “I”).
Pronoun
beta
- I first-person singular pronoun
Alternative forms
References
Asturian
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (plural betes)
- beta (Greek letter)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
Lua грешка in Модул:ca-headword at line 104: attempt to call field 'add_links_to_multiword_term' (a nil value).
Etymology 2
Noun
Lua грешка in Модул:ca-headword at line 104: attempt to call field 'add_links_to_multiword_term' (a nil value).
Додатна литература
- “beta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta n
- beta (Greek letter)
Faroese
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).
Pronunciation
Noun
beta n (genitive singular beta, plural betu)
- beta (Greek letter)
Declension
Declension of beta | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
n1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | beta | betað | betu, betur | betuni |
accusative | beta | betað | betu, betur | betuni |
dative | beta | betanum | betum | betunum |
genitive | beta | betans | betna | betnanna |
Derived terms
Galician
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta m (plural betas)
- beta (Greek letter)
Icelandic
Noun
beta n (genitive singular alfa, no plural)
- beta (Greek letter)
Declension
Италијански
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Латински bēta, from Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (plural #)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Латински bēta (“beet”), from Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 1276: attempt to index field 'type' (a nil value)..
Noun
beta f (plural bete)
Anagrams
Romanization
beta
Латински
Etymology 1
Said by some sources to be of Lua грешка in Модул:languages at line 1276: attempt to index field 'type' (a nil value). origin,[1][2] but no obvious Celtic cognates exist. Also compared are blitum (“spinach”), meta (“conic heap of stones”) (compared to the root's spindle form), and less likely, sense 2, with the seed vessel resembling the letter.
Noun
beta
- A beet.
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | bēta | bētae |
Genitive | bētae | bētārum |
Dative | bētae | bētīs |
Accusative | bētam | bētās |
Ablative | bētā | bētīs |
Vocative | bēta | bētae |
Descendants
- Catalan: bleda (partially), bleda-rave
- Дански: bede
- Estonian: peet
- Middle Dutch: bete
- Холандски: biete
- Old English: bēte
- Енглески: beet
- Француски: bette, betterave, blette (partially)
- Middle Low German: bete
- Немачки: Bete
- Ирски: biatas
- Италијански: bieta (partially), bietola
- Latvian: biete
- Norwegian Bokmål: bete
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bete
- Norman: betterave
- Old Frisian: bete
- Old High German: bieza
- Sicilian: jiti (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")
- Шведски: beta
Etymology 2
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta
- The Greek letter beta.
References
- “beta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- beta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Шаблон:R:es:Roberts:2014
- Berti-Pichat (1866)
- Baxter (1837)
- Poiret (1827)
- von Lippmann (1925)
- Geschwind & Sellier (1902)
- Pabst (1887)
- Becker-Dillengen (1928)
- Biancardi, Panella & Lewellen (2011): Beta maritima: The Origin of Beets
- ↑ Шаблон:R:OED
- ↑ “beet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2023.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) МФА(кључ): /betə/
- (Riau-Lingga) МФА(кључ): /beta/
- Риме: -etə, -tə, -ə
Etymology 1
From Court Malay, Beta.
Pronoun
- Lua грешка in package.lua at line 80: module 'Модул:labels/data/lang/ms' not found. I, me, my (exclusive use in royalty, subject is either king or queen)
See also
Etymology 2
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
Lua грешка in Модул:ms-headword at line 6: attempt to call field 'findBestScript' (a nil value).
- beta (second letter of the Greek alphabet)
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
beta
- треће лице множине презента subjunctive relative of is
- Шаблон:RQ:sga-gloss
sga
—Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn., Although they are compounds in Greek (lit. Шаблон:m-g), it is not necessary for us that they be compounds in our language (lit. Шаблон:m-g).
- Шаблон:RQ:sga-gloss
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Позајмљено од Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta), from Phoenician 𐤁 (b /bēt/).
Noun
beta f
- beta Галицијски
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
beta m inan
- генитива/акузатива једнине of bet
Додатна литература
- beta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- beta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Португалски
Etymology 1
From Латински beta, from Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta f (plural betas)
- beta (all senses)
Etymology 2
Noun
beta f (plural betas)
- beet (plant)
Румунски
Etymology
Noun
beta m (plural beta)
- beta (Greek letter)
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Pronunciation
Noun
Lua грешка in Модул:sh-headword at line 7: attempt to call field 'findBestScript' (a nil value).
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Pronunciation
Noun
beta f (genitive singular bety, nominative plural bety, genitive plural biet, declension pattern of žena) OR
beta n
- beta (Greek letter)
Usage notes
When used in the neuter gender, the word is not declined.
Declension
References
- beta in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Шпански
Etymology
From Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta) ultimately from Proto-Semitic *bayt- (“house”).
Pronunciation
Noun
beta f (plural betas)
Derived terms
Додатна литература
- “beta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Etymology 1
Латински bēta, from Антички Грчки βῆτα (bêta).
Noun
beta n or c
Declension
Declension of beta | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | beta | betat | beta | betan |
Genitive | betas | betats | betas | betans |
Declension of beta | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | beta | betan | betor | betorna |
Genitive | betas | betans | betors | betornas |
Verb
beta (present betar, preterite betade, supine betat, imperative beta)
- to test software prior to release
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Латински bēta (“beet”).
Noun
beta c
Declension
Declension of beta | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | beta | betan | betor | betorna |
Genitive | betas | betans | betors | betornas |
Etymology 3
Verb
beta (present betar, preterite betade, supine betat, imperative beta)
- to graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.
Conjugation
See also
Etymology 4
Clipping of betaga; Lua грешка in Модул:compound at line 262: attempt to call field 'getNonEtymological' (a nil value)..
Pronunciation
Verb
- to steal
Conjugation
- Енглески говор
- Енглески термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Енглески појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Енглески дублети
- Енглески 2-syllable words
- Енглески terms with IPA pronunciation
- Енглески појмови са аудио везама
- Риме:Енглески/iːtə
- Риме:Енглески/iːtə/2 слогова
- Риме:Енглески/eɪtə
- Риме:Енглески/eɪtə/2 слогова
- Енглески terms with homophones
- Енглески именице
- Енглески countable nouns
- Енглески entries with topic categories using raw markup
- en:Finance
- en:Computing
- en:Video games
- Енглески uncountable nouns
- Енглески terms with usage examples
- Енглески термини са наводима
- en:Climbing
- en:Physics
- en:Aviation
- Енглески slang
- Енглески ellipses
- Енглески fandom slang
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/ar
- Mandarin redlinks
- Mandarin redlinks/т+
- Фински redlinks
- Фински redlinks/т+
- Terms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/ru
- Руски redlinks
- Руски redlinks/т+
- Енглески придеви
- Енглески uncomparable adjectives
- Енглески глаголи
- en:Internet
- en:Omegaverse
- en:Greek letter names
- en:Personality
- Ambonese Malay појмови изведени из Classical Malay
- Ambonese Malay lemmas
- Ambonese Malay pronouns
- Asturian термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Asturian појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Asturian именицеs
- Asturian entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Missing Asturian plurals
- ast:Greek letter names
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Catalan термини позајмљени од Occitan
- Catalan појмови изведени из Occitan
- ca:Greek letter names
- ca:Watercraft
- Czech термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Czech појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Czech именицеs
- Czech neuter именице
- Czech entries with topic categories using raw markup
- cs:Greek letter names
- Faroese термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Faroese појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Faroese појмови изведени из Proto-Semitic
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Риме:Faroese/eːʰta
- Faroese terms with homophones
- Faroese именицеs
- Faroese entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Фарски именице
- fo:Greek letter names
- Galician термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Galician појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Galician именице
- Galician entries with topic categories using raw markup
- gl:Greek letter names
- Icelandic именицеs
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- is:Greek letter names
- Италијански говор
- Италијански 2-syllable words
- Италијански terms with IPA pronunciation
- Риме:Италијански/ɛta
- Риме:Италијански/ɛta/2 слогова
- Италијански појмови изведени из Латински
- Италијански појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Италијански именице
- Италијански бројевне именице
- it:Computing
- it:Amaranths and goosefoots
- it:Greek letter names
- it:Vegetables
- Јапански индекс
- Јапански романизацијаs
- Латински говор
- Латински именице
- Латински entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Латински појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- la:Vegetables
- la:Greek letter names
- la:Plants
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Риме:Malay/etə
- Риме:Malay/tə
- Риме:Malay/ə
- Риме:Malay/ə/2 слогова
- Malay термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Malay појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Malay royal pronouns
- ms:Greek letter names
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
- Old Irish verb forms
- Пољски 2-syllable words
- Пољски terms with IPA pronunciation
- Пољски појмови са аудио везама
- Риме:Пољски/ɛta
- Риме:Пољски/ɛta/2 слогова
- Пољски термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Пољски појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Пољски појмови изведени из Phoenician
- Пољски именице
- Polish feminine nouns
- Пољски non-lemma forms
- Пољски noun forms
- pl:Greek letter names
- Португалски говор
- Португалски појмови изведени из Латински
- Португалски термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Португалски појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Португалски именице
- Португалски terms with redundant head parameter
- pt:Greek letter names
- pt:Plants
- Румунски индекс
- Румунски термини позајмљени од Француски
- Румунски појмови изведени из Француски
- Румунски именице
- Romanian countable nouns
- Српскохрватски термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Српскохрватски појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Српскохрватски terms with IPA pronunciation
- sh:Greek letter names
- Slovak термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Slovak појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak именицеs
- Slovak entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Slovak feminine nouns
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Greek letter names
- Шпански говор
- Шпански термини позајмљени од Антички Грчки
- Шпански појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Шпански појмови изведени из Proto-Semitic
- Шпански 2-syllable words
- Шпански terms with IPA pronunciation
- Шпански terms with homophones
- Шпански именице
- Missing Spanish noun forms
- es:Greek letter names
- Шведски говор
- Шведски појмови изведени из Латински
- Шведски појмови изведени из Антички Грчки
- Шведски именицеs
- Шведски entries with topic categories using raw markup
- sv:Computing
- Шведски slang
- Шведски именице
- Шведски lemmas
- Шведски verbs
- Шведски глаголи
- Swedish weak verbs
- Шведски terms suffixed with -a
- Енглески clippings
- Језички код недостаје/deftempboiler
- Захтеви за етимологије у Шведским ставкама
- Шведски terms with IPA pronunciation
- sv:Greek letter names
- sv:Vegetables