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Definition: Beta |
BetaNoun1. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet. 2. Beets. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
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Computing | Beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used with `in': `in beta'. In the Real World, hardware or software systems often go through two stages of release testing: Alpha (in-house) and Beta (out-house?). Beta releases are generally made to a group of lucky (or unlucky) trusted customers. 2. Anything that is new and experimental. "His girlfriend is in beta" means that he is still testing for compatibility and reserving judgment. 3. Flaky; dubious; suspect (since beta software is notoriously buggy). Historical note: More formally, to beta-test is to test a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected (or self-selected) customers and users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the industry. `Alpha Test' was the unit, module, or component test phase; `Beta Test' was initial system test. These themselves came from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any commitment to design and development. The B-test was a demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified. The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed on early samples of the production design, and the D test was the C test repeated after the model had been in production a while. Source: Jargon File. |
Electrical Engineering | A change in collector current per unit change in base current under conditions in which the collector-emitter voltage is maintained constant, for a bipolar transistor biased in the active region of operation. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A)the efficiency of transport of minority carriers across the base of a bipolar transistor; b)the ratio of the increment of the injected minority-carrier density leaving the base region at the collector surface, to the increment of the injected minority-carrier density entering the base region at the emitter surface, at a constant value of collector-base voltage. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Finance | A mathematical measure of the sensitivity of rates of return on a portfolio or a given stock compared with rates of return on the market as a whole. See capital asset pricing model. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In crystallography, the angle between the a and c axes. CF:alpha;gamma. (references) |
Statistics | The probability that a statistical test will generate a false-negative error:failing to assert a defined pattern of deviation from a null pattern in circumstances where the defined pattern exists. Source: European Union. (references) |
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An adrenergic receptor (or adrenoceptor) is a cell membrane protein that is the target of catecholamines. Adrenergic receptors specifically bind the catecholamines adrenaline and noradrenaline (also called epinephrine and norepinephrine) and are activated by these.Many cells possess these receptors, and the binding of an agonist will generally cause the cell to respond in a flight-fight manner. For instance, the heart will start beating quicker and the pupils will dilate.
Sub-types of adrenergic receptors
There are several types of adrenergic receptors, but there are five main groups:
Alpha-1 receptors
In blood vessels these cause vasoconstriction. Blood vessels with alpha-1 receptors are present in the skin and the gastrointestinal system, and during the flight-or-fight response there is decreased blood flow to these organs. This is the reason people can appear pale when they've been frightened.
Alpha-2 receptors
When an agonist binds to an α2-receptor, cyclic AMP levels within the cell decrease. These are found on pre-synaptic nerve terminals.
Beta-1 receptors
These are present in heart tissue, and cause an increased heart rate by acting on the cardiac pacemaker cells. Many beta-blockers for treatment of angina will only affect these receptors and not the beta-2 receptors.
Beta-2 receptors
These are in the vessels of skeletal muscle, and cause vasodilation, which allows more blood to flow to the muscles, and reduces total peripheral resistance. These tend to work with adrenaline (epinephrine), but not noradrenaline (norepinephrine).Beta-2 receptors are also in bronchial smooth muscle, and cause bronchodilation when activated. Anti-asthma drugss, such as salbutamol (Ventolin) work by binding to β2 receptors.
Non-selective beta-blocking drugs, such as propanolol (Inderal), can represent a risk to people with asthma by blocking the beta-2 receptors, causing bronchoconstriction.
Beta-3 receptors
Beta-3 receptors are present in adipose tissue and are thought to have a role in the regulation of lipid metabolism.
External links
Brief overview of functions of the beta-3 receptorSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Adrenergic receptor."
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Beta can have any of the following meanings:
The American pronunciation is "bA-ta" with a long "A" whereas the British pronunciation is "bE-ta" with a long "E" [1]. See: American and British English differences
- Beta (Β β) is the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 2. Beta should not be confused with a similar-looking but unrelated letter in German language orthography, ß.
- In software development, a "beta version" of a product is one that is still in development but is published for testing purpose. See development stage.
- BETA is an object-oriented programming language.
- Beta is an abbreviation for Betamax.
- In Rock Climbing, a slang term for information about the movements needed to do a specific climb. As in "I'm having trouble getting up this route - could you give me some beta?"
- Beta is a plant genus (family Chenopodiaceae).
See also:
- Alpha - Beta - Gamma - Delta - Epsilon - Digamma - Zeta - Eta - Theta - Iota - Kappa - Lambda - Mu - Nu - Xi - Omicron - Pi - San - Qoppa - Rho - Sigma - Tau - Upsilon - Phi - Chi - Psi - Omega - Sampi
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beta."
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BETA is a pure object-oriented language from the Scandinavian School in System Development where the first object-oriented language Simula was developed.From a technical perspective, BETA provides the following unique feature:
BETA supports the object-oriented perspective on programming and contains comprehensive facilities for procedural and functional programming. BETA has powerful abstraction mechanisms for supporting identification of objects, classification and composition. BETA is a strongly typed language like Simula, Eiffel and C++, with most of the type checking being carried out at compile-time. It is well known that it is not possible to obtain complete type checking at compile-time without sacrificing the expressiveness of the language. BETA has an optimum balance between compile-time type checking and run-time type checking.
- Classes and Procedures are unified to one concept, a Pattern.
- Classes are defined as properties/attributes of objects. This means that a class cannot be instantiated without an explicit object context.
- A consequence of the above is that BETA supports nested classes; and BETA's nested classes are indeed one of the primary sources of inspiration for Java's so-called inner classes.
- Classes can be virtually defined (much like virtual methods can in most other object-oriented programming languages).
- Virtual entities (such as methods and classes) are never overwritten; instead they are refined or specialized.
External links
- BETA homepage: http://daimi.au.dk/~beta/
- GBETA, a generalized BETA: http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~eernst/gbeta/
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "BETA."
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Nuclear processes Radioactive decay processes Nucleosynthesis
- Alpha decay
- Beta decay
- Electron capture
- Gamma radiation
- Neutron emission
- Positron emission
- Proton emission
- Spontaneous fission
- Neutron Capture
- The R-process
- The S-process
- Proton capture:
- The P-process
Beta decay is a type of radioactive decay in which a beta particle (an electron or a positron) is emitted. In the case of electron emission, it is referred to as "beta minus"(β- ), in the case of a positron, "beta plus"(β+ ).
In beta minus decay, a neutron is converted to a proton via the weak nuclear force and a beta particle (an electron) and an anti-neutrino are emitted.
In beta plus decay, a proton is converted to a neutron via the weak nuclear force and a beta minus particle (a positron) and a neutrino are emitted.
The study of beta decay provided the first physical evidence of the neutrino. The energies of electrons emitted by beta decay were observed to be non-continuous (some being more energetic than others). A problem arose in trying to explain what happened to the missing energy if an electron was emitted with less than maximum energy - the Law of conservation of energy appeared to be violated. To solve this, Wolfgang Pauli proposed that the "missing" energy was carried away by another yet undiscovered particle - the neutrino. This was analysed in more detail by Enrico Fermi.
See also: beta particle, particle radiation, radioactive isotope
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beta decay."
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Beta radiation is a form of ionising radiation emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei such as cobalt-60.
This radiation is in the form of beta (β) particles, which are high-energy electrons or positrons ejected from a nucleus in a process known as beta decay. There are two forms of beta decay, β− and β+, which respectively give rise to the electron and positron.
In β−-decay, a neutron is converted into a proton, an electron and an electron-type antineutrino (the antiparticle of the neutrino):
In β+-decay—observed in proton-rich nuclei—a proton is converted into a neutron, a positron and an electron-type neutrino:
Due to the presence of the neutrino, the atom and the beta particle do not usually recoil in opposite directions. This observation is in fact what led Wolfgang Pauli to postulate the existence of neutrinos in order to prevent violation of conservation of energy and momentum laws. Beta decay is mediated by the weak nuclear force.
Beta particles generally have a range about ten times as far as alpha particles and an ionising power about a tenth of that of alpha particles. They are stopped completely by a few millimeters of aluminium.
The electron gun inside a television tube could also be considered a source of beta radiation, which is stopped by the phosphors inside the tube to create light.
see also alpha particle, gamma rays, radioactivity, radiation, nuclear physics
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beta particle."
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Betamax was a 1/2-inch home video tape recording format engineered by Sony. It was derived from the earlier professional 3/4-inch U-matic video cassette format. Unlike VHS, it had no guard band, and used recording azimuth to reduce cross-talk. Some say the name "Betamax" was derived from a Japanese phrase (beta raw + gaki write). However, the system's trademark punningly incorporated the Greek letter Beta.Compared with VHS, the size of the cassette is smaller and is widely said to have a better picture quality than VHS.
For home use Betamax lost over VHS despite a huge marketing push by Sony. In his autobiography, Sony founder Akio Morita attributes this to Sony's refusal to license the format, allowing the technically inferior VHS format to get "critical mass". Others believe that the shorter recording time of Betamax was the factor that retarded its early consumer adoption.
Once VHS had achieved a critical mass in terms of the installed base of home video recorders, the rest of the Betamax marketing chain collapsed. Eventually, Sony started producing its own VHS format recorders, effectively conceding the "format war". The last American model appeared on the market in 1993, and overseas production of Betamax VCRs had completely halted by 1998. Sony continued manufacturing a limited number of Betamax VCRs for the Japanese market until 2002, when they officially announced the end of the Betamax consumer line.
The process by which VHS won over the apparently superior Betamax format has become a classic case study in marketing, to the point of the creation of a nounal verb "to Betamax" where a proprietory technology format overwhelmed in the market by another format allowing multiple competing licensed manufacturers, as in "Microsoft Betamaxed Apple out of the PC market".
Technologies such as Betacam evolved from the Beta format and became the most widely used professional recording format by television stations until it was surpassed by digital media at the end of the 1990s.
Also called Beta or Betacord.
One other major result of the introduction of the Betamax technology was a lawsuit, Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court before the legality of home videotaping was finally determined. The court judgement held that home videotape recorders were a legal technology since they had "substantial non-infringing uses".
A 1999 anime series which is extremely popular in Japan and the United States, Cowboy Bebop, in one of its episodes features a scene in which some of the characters acquire an antique vidocassette and undertake an arduous journey to find a working machine to play it on. Unfortunately their efforts are undermined by their technical and historical ignorance, because the tape is VHS and the machine is Betamax.
The Jerry Springer Show records all shows on Betamax.
See also: video cassette recorder, VHS, network externality, whole product, tipping point
External links
- The Betamax Information Guide
- AFU's take on VHS vs. Beta
- The Guardian's take on VHS vs. Beta
- Essay: Pornography drives technology
- SONY CORP. v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Betamax."
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In software development, development stage is how much things are done and how much things need to be done further.
Alpha
alpha version or alpha release is the first release of a computer program or other product, likely to be very unstable but useful for demonstrating internally and to select customers. It is also called "preview or technical preview''.
Beta
A beta version is not fully debugged or fully functional but satisfies a majority of the requirements. Beta versions (or just betas) are an intermediate step of the full development cycle. They are released to a group of beta testers (or, sometimes, to the general public) for a user test. The testers report any bugs that they found, features they would like to see in the final version, etc. When a beta is released to the general public it often becomes used almost as widely as the finished product is (when the product is completed.) Usually freeware or open-source betas are released to the general public while proprietary betas are released to a relatively small group of testers. Recipients of highly proprietary betas may be under a non-disclosure agreement.
The term beta is used to differentiate the version from an alpha release, made at an earlier stage in development.
Release candidate
Release candidate is a final product that can be released unless fatal bugs are detected. In this stage, all functionalities are done and all showstopper class bugs fixed. The term is mostly used by Microsoft.
In open source programs, version numbers and distinction stable and unstable are more commonly used. Particularly in Linux operating system, even numbers in minor version indicates stable and odd numbers indicates unstable version.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Development stage."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BETA | English | Business Equipment Trade Association | Business |
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Synonym: BetaSynonym: genus Beta (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Cauterizer; caustic, lunar caustic, alkali, apozem, moxa; acid, aqua fortis, aqua regia; catheretic, nitric acid, nitrochloro-hydric acid, nitromuriatic acid; radioactivity, gamma rays, alpha particles, beta rays, X-rays, radiation, cosmic radiation, background radiation, radioactive isotopes, tritium, uranium, plutonium, radon, radium. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Listen, looking at it very simply musicology and ethnically, the Rutles were essentially Imperical maleonglece of a rhythmically radical yet verbally passé and temporally transcended lyrically content welded with historically innovative melodical material transposed and transmogrified by the ankus of the Rutland ethic experience which elevated them from essentially alpha exponents of in essence merely beta potential harmonic material into the prime cultural exponents of Aloin condensic comic standard form (The Rutles; writing credit: Eric Idle) I was developed at the University of Chicago, where I graduated Phi Beta Capsule (Osmosis Jones; writing credit: Marc Hyman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Alpha Beta (1973) Hypothèse Beta (1967) Maa Beta (1962) Beta Som (1962) | |
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 | B. cereus is a Gram-positive beta hemolytic bacteria, which may live in an environment with or without the presence of oxygen, i.e. facultative aerobe. Credit: CDC. |  | This Hubble telescope image of a portion of a vast dust disk around the star Beta Pictoris ... Credit: NASA. |
 | The planetary dust disk around the nearby star Beta Pictoris is dynamically "ringing like a ... Credit: NASA. |  | A telltale new warp uncovered in a vast, thin disk of dust encircling the star Beta Pictoris ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Beta Theta Pi House, Amherst College, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Betalight" by Peter Skadberg Commentary: "Beta fish in plant bowl." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Amyloid -- See beta amyloid. (references) | |
Some of these clues point to beta amyloid. (references) | ||
A current trial with interferon beta 1a is underway. (references) | ||
Business | Even pirated U.S.- produced English-language programs are more widespread and robust than PRC programs and Chinese newcomers will have little payback and less likelihood of surviving beta testing and gaining acceptance compared to the global leaders in software. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Beta" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 68.58% of the time. "Beta" is used about 591 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 68.58% | 406 | 13,854 |
| Noun (proper) | 31.42% | 186 | 22,556 |
| Total | 100.00% | 591 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | BETA Systems Software AG | United Kingdom | Beta Global Emerging Markets Investment Trust Plc. (BETA GEM) |
| USA | Beta Oil & Gas, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "beta": beta 2-Microglobulin ♦ beta abstraction ♦ beta alethine ♦ Beta blocker ♦ beta blue ♦ beta carboline ♦ beta carotene ♦ beta Centauri ♦ beta chalcocite ♦ Beta Cicla ♦ beta conversion ♦ beta Crucis ♦ beta decay ♦ beta disintegration ♦ beta equation ♦ beta error ♦ beta globulin ♦ beta hemolytic streptococcus group B ♦ beta iron ♦ beta limit ♦ Beta macrorhiza ♦ beta Orionis ♦ beta particle ♦ beta Proteobacteria ♦ beta radiation ♦ beta ratio ♦ beta ray ♦ beta rays ♦ beta receptor ♦ beta reduction ♦ Beta Rhythm ♦ beta site ♦ beta software ♦ beta test ♦ beta testing ♦ beta value ♦ beta version ♦ Beta vulgaris ♦ beta vulgaris cicla ♦ beta vulgaris rubra ♦ beta vulgaris vulgaris ♦ beta wave ♦ bivariate beta distribution ♦ DNA Polymerase beta ♦ genus Beta ♦ phi beta house ♦ phi beta kappa ♦ Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoprotein ♦ Q beta Replicase ♦ Transforming Growth Factor beta. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "beta": beta-1, beta-2, beta-3, beta-adrenergic, beta-adrenergic blocker, beta-adrenergic blocking agent, beta-adrenergic receptor, beta-adrenoceptor, beta-agonist, beta-Alanine, beta-Aminoethyl Isothiourea, beta-Amylase, beta-amyloid, beta-blocker, Beta-Blockers, beta-blocking, beta-carotene, beta-cells, beta-cellulose, beta-Chain, beta-chain, beta-chains, beta-chloro-beta-ethyl, beta-count, beta-curve, beta-decay, beta-Defensins, beta-emitter, beta-endorphin, beta-Galactosidase, Beta-gamma, beta-globulin, Beta-Globulins, beta-glucan, beta-glucans, beta-Glucosidase, beta-human, Beta-Hydroxy, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-interferon, beta-ionine, beta-lactam, beta-lactam antibiotic, beta-Lactam Resistance, beta-lactamase, beta-Lactamases, beta-lactoglobulin, beta-limit, beta-lipoprotein, beta-lobe, beta-male, Beta-minus, beta-Monooxygenase, beta-MSH, beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase, beta-Naphthoflavone, beta-naphthol, beta-naphtol, beta-oestradiol, beta-particle, beta-particles, beta-pleated, beta-Protein, beta-radiation, beta-radiography, beta-ram, beta-ray, beta-receptor, beta-sensitive, beta-sheet, beta-site-APP-clearing, beta-software, beta-test, beta-tested, beta-testing, beta-Thalassemia, beta-Thromboglobulin, beta-toxin, beta-toxin-producing, beta-tubulin, beta-waves, Beta-zeta. | |
Ending with "beta": zero-beta. | |
Containing "beta": alpha-beta brass, Dihydro-beta-Erythroidine, isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactoside, Leucyl-beta-Naphthylamidase, Mannosyl-Glycoprotein Endo-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase, one-three-beta-one-one-triple-k, poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate, three-beta-three-one-double-one-one. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
beta msn | 2,349 | beta testing | 172 |
beta messenger msn | 1,785 | beta download messenger msn | 160 |
6.0 beta messenger msn | 1,611 | 6 beta download msn | 152 |
6.0 beta msn | 1,520 | beta glucan | 149 |
beta | 1,385 | phi beta kappa | 147 |
beta fish | 1,145 | beta test | 145 |
6 beta msn | 951 | 6 beta download messenger msn | 144 |
6 beta messenger msn | 931 | beta tester | 129 |
beta messenger | 919 | 1.6 beta counter strike | 114 |
6.0 beta messenger | 768 | pi beta phi | 108 |
beta blockers | 613 | beta band | 108 |
6 beta messenger | 441 | beta fish care | 104 |
phi beta sigma | 418 | beta msn6 | 100 |
zeta phi beta | 368 | beta hcg | 98 |
beta carotene | 271 | beta game | 95 |
6.0 beta download messenger msn | 253 | beta mannan | 95 |
beta download msn | 236 | zeta phi beta sorority | 86 |
6.0 beta download msn | 199 | 6.0 beta | 85 |
beta sitosterol | 197 | beta galaxy star war | 83 |
beta blocker | 177 | gamma phi beta | 83 |
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| Language | Translations for "beta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | β, 倍塔 . (various references) | |
Czech | beta. (various references) | |
Danish | beta, basis-stroemforstaerkningsfaktor (base transport efficiency), faelles-emitter stroemforstaerkning (common-emitter current gain). (various references) | |
Dutch | bêta, bèta, stroomversterkingsfactor voor de CE schakeling (base transport efficiency), stroomversterking van de gemeenschappelijke emitterschakeling (common-emitter current gain), fout van de tweede soort (acceptance error, beta error, error of the second kind, the probability that a statistical test will generate a false-negative error:failing to assert a defined pattern of deviation from a null pattern in circumstances where the defined pattern exists, type II error, type two error, type-2 error). (various references) | |
Finnish | beetakerroin, yhteisemitterikytkennän virranvahvistuskerroin (common-emitter current gain), yhteisemitterikytkennän piensignaalivirtavahvistus (common-emitter current gain), riskikerroin. (various references) | |
French | bêta. (various references) | |
German | Beta-Fehler (acceptance error, beta error, error of the second kind, the probability that a statistical test will generate a false-negative error:failing to assert a defined pattern of deviation from a null pattern in circumstances where the defined pattern exists, type II error, type two error, type-2 error), Betafaktor, beta, Stromverstärkungsfaktor für Emitterschaltung (base transport efficiency), Stromverstärkungsfaktor bei Emitterschaltung (common-emitter current gain), Fehler II.Art (acceptance error, beta error, error of the second kind, the probability that a statistical test will generate a false-negative error:failing to assert a defined pattern of deviation from a null pattern in circumstances where the defined pattern exists, type II error, type two error, type-2 error). (various references) | |
Greek | βήτα. (various references) | |
Italian | beta. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ベクトル値 (bechamel sauce, bed, bed house, bedroom, bedroom community, bedroom scene, best, best condition, best dresser, best member, best ten, best-seller, bet, better, better half, going to bed, having reached the quarterfinals, having reached the semifinals, vector value, vegetable, vegetarian, vest, vet, veteran, Vietnam), ヘ長調 (a hike in the basic wagebase up, bacon, bailout, bake off, baked potato, Bakelite, bakery, baking powder, bare look, bare top, base, base camp, base coach, base down, basement, BASIC, Basic English, bass, bassist, Bayes, Bayesian, Bayrische Motorenwerke, bearing, Beethoven, Behcet, beige, Beirut, Belgrade, betatron, BMW, F major, kiss, salary increase, to base something on, to make something the basis, valium, vector, Vega, veil, version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ベータ , ベタ . (various references) | |
Korean | 베타. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etabay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | beta, rendimento de transporte na base (base transport efficiency), ganho de corrente em emissor comum (common-emitter current gain), erro tipo II (acceptance error, beta error, error of the second kind, the probability that a statistical test will generate a false-negative error:failing to assert a defined pattern of deviation from a null pattern in circumstances where the defined pattern exists, type II error, type two error, type-2 error), erro beta (acceptance error, beta error, error of the second kind, the probability that a statistical test will generate a false-negative error:failing to assert a defined pattern of deviation from a null pattern in circumstances where the defined pattern exists, type II error, type two error, type-2 error). (various references) | |
Romanian | principala bibliotecã a universitãţii (phi beta house), cãmin al membrilor societãţii "phi beta kappa" (phi beta house). (various references) | |
Russian | бета бета. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | beta, drugo slovo grčkog alfabeta. (various references) | |
Spanish | beta (cable laid, cable laid rope, fall). (various references) | |
Swedish | beta (bait, Bate, beet, bite, break, browse, disinfect, feed, grass, graze, mordant, morsel, pasture, pickle, soak, steep). (various references) | |
Turkish | beta, ikinci sırada olan şey. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бета. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beta": betaine, betaines, betake, betaken, betakes, betaking, betas, betatron, betatrons, betatter, betattered, betattering, betatters, betaxed. (additional references) | |
Words containing "beta": hebetate, hebetated, hebetates, hebetating, hebetation, hebetations. (additional references) | |
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"Beta" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abeta, Bafa, bahta, bata, Batac, batal, batau, batay, Batra, Batta, bayat, bayti, bea, beata, Beatae, beatam, beba, beca, beda, bedap, beeta, befa, Beitrag, Beja, bela, belti, benta, Bental, bente, benti, bera, berti, berto, besa, besta, Betak, betar, betay, betem, Beti, betia, betic, betif, betir, betog, betr, betra, betsan, betta, bettah, Betti, betw, betz, beute, beva, Beya, beza, bhera, Bifa, biha, Bista, bita, Bitat, Bitsa, Bitta, bitu, Bixa, blete, Boeti, Boetti, Boetto, bohta, Bota, botah, Botia, Botna, breta, Bretia, brettan, Btca, buete, Bukta, Buta, Butta, bwta, Bytham, ebt, ekta, getta, jeta, Xeta. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "beta" (pronounced bā"tu) |
| 3 | -ā" t u | data, peseta, Theta, Zeta. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: abet, bate, beat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-t" | |
-1 letter: ate, bat, bet, eat, eta, tab, tae, tea. | |
-2 letters: ab, ae, at, ba, be, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-t" | |
+1 letter: abate, abets, baste, bated, bates, bathe, beast, beats, beaut, begat, betas, betta, blate, bleat, taber, tabes, table, tubae. | |
+2 letters: abated, abater, abates, abject, ablate, ablest, absent, albeit, albite, arbute, baguet, baited, baiter, ballet, bannet, banter, barbet, barest, barite, barret, barter, baryte, basest, basket, basset, basted, baster, bastes, bateau, bathed, bather, bathes, batmen, batted, batten, batter, battle, battue, bawtie, beasts, beaten, beater, beauts, beauty, bemata, berate, bertha, betake, betray, bettas, bezant, binate, bleats, boated, boatel, boater, borate, breast, breath, butane, cablet, debate, labret, lobate, oblate, rabbet, rebait, rebate, rebato, stable, tabbed, tabers, tabled, tables, tablet, tabued, teabox, terbia, tibiae, tubate, upbeat. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Abbreviations 16. Acronyms | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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