Theta

Definition: Theta

Theta

Noun

1. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Specialty Definitions: Theta

Domain	Definitions
Finance	The ratio of the change in an option price to the decrease in time to expiration. Source: European Union. (references)
Math	A list of characters, usually thought of as a list of words separated by spaces. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Theta (letter)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Theta (Θ θ) is the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 9.

The lower-case letter θ is used as a symbol for:

In mathematics and sometimes physics, the measure of an angle.

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 "Theta (letter)."

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Crosswords: Theta

English words defined with "theta": Circular function ♦ Inverse trigonometrical functions ♦ Theta function, theta rhythm, theta wave. (references)

Specialty definitions using "theta": Bragg angle ♦ Cellular Theta Breath ♦ Field-Reversed Configuration ♦ Pinch Device or Pinch Machine, Pinch Effect ♦ Screw Pinch ♦ theta pinch, Theta Pinch or Thetatron, threaded binary tree ♦ Z-Theta chart. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Theta

Domain	Title
Books	Abelian Functions : Abel's Theorem and the Allied Theory of Theta Functions (reference) Elliptic Functions, Theta Functions, and Riemann Surfaces (reference) Lecture Notes on Ni Theta Functions (reference) Selberg Zeta and Theta Functions - A Differential Operator Approach (reference) The Theta Syndrome (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Journal Of Theta Alpha Kappa (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Theta (reference) Theta Meditation System [2 Disc] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Photo Album: Theta

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	"Sea Shell" by Hassan Sedaghat, colorized by David Parker. The surface is colored by theta in spherical coordinates.		Plate XXIV. 89. Lampanyctus lacerta, Goode and Bean. From N. Lat. 28.6, W. Lon. 85.9, at 142 fathoms. 90. Lampanyctus Guntheri, Goode and Bean. From Georges Bank in 45 fathoms. 91. Ceratoscopelus maderensis, (Lowe), Goode and Bean. From N. Lat. 41.8, W. Lon. 65.6 at 677 fathoms. 92. Lampanyctus alatus. From N. Lat. 28.7, W. Lon. 87.2, at 525 fathoms. 93. Diaphus theta. From Point Loma, CA.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
	Theta Delta Chi House, Amherst College.Credit: Library of Congress.		Phi Delta Theta House, Amherst College.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Beta Theta Pi House, Amherst College, Mass.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Usage Frequency: Theta

"Theta" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 69.01% of the time. "Theta" is used about 71 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 (proper)	69.01%	49	48,677
Noun (singular)	30.99%	22	74,468
Total	100.00%	71	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Theta

Expressions using "theta": Cellular Theta Breath ♦ Theta function ♦ theta pinch ♦ Theta Rhythm ♦ theta wave. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "theta": theta-burst, theta-solvent.
	Ending with "theta": rho-theta, Z-Theta.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Theta

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
delta sigma theta	1,357	lambda theta phi	22
delta sigma theta sorority	195	theta wave	22
phi theta kappa	147	delta sigma theta art	21
delta sigma theta sorority inc	124	theta delta chi	19
kappa alpha theta	106	delta sigma theta chant	19
theta	106	sigma theta tau international	18
sigma theta tau	84	alpha mu theta	17
iota phi theta	73	delta sigma theta picture	15
phi delta theta	67	history of delta sigma theta	15
beta theta pi	59	delta sigma theta alumna chapter	13
theta chi	56	chapter delta graduate sigma theta	12
phi sigma theta	47	theta digital	12
theta phi alpha	43	alpha chapter delta sigma theta	12
delta sigma theta chapter	38	theta zeta	12
theta xi	33	delta sigma theta incorporated	11
lambda theta alpha	32	delta sigma theta paraphernalia	9
delta sigma theta sorority incorporated	28	lambda theta nu	8
phi kappa theta	26	delta famous sigma theta	8
delta sigma theta inc	25	delta howard sigma theta university	8
nu theta xi	24	delta fortitude sigma theta	8
		theta chi fraternity	8
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Modern Translations: Theta

Language		Translations for "theta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		希腊字母的第八字. (various references)

Danish		theta. (various references)

Dutch		thêta, thèta. (various references)

Finnish		option theta. (various references)

French		thêta, indicateur thêta. (various references)

German		theta. (various references)

Greek		Θήτα, θήτα. (various references)

Italian		indicatore "teta". (various references)

Japanese Kanji		θ理論 (theta-theory). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しーたーりろ�" (theta-theory). (various references)

Pig Latin		etathay

Portuguese		teta (breast, dug, nipple, teat, tit, udder). (various references)

Russian		тета. (various references)

Spanish		theta, zeta, coeficiente theta. (various references)

Swedish		theta. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Theta

Derivations
	Words beginning with "theta": thetas. (additional references)
	Words containing "theta": synthetase, synthetases. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Theta" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: heta, khutba, Nthato, pheta, sheta, teta, Teti, thatta, theat, theata, theatr, theda, theet, theja, thelt, thema, thenar, thera, therto, thet, thetan, thete, theth, thets, thetted, thia, thite, thote, thta, Thuja, Treta, Tyecha. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Theta"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "theta" (pronounced thā"tu)
3	-ā" t u	beta, data, peseta, Zeta.
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Anagrams: Theta

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-t-t"
	-1 letter: eath, haet, hate, heat, tate, teat, teth, thae, that.
	-2 letters: ate, att, eat, eta, eth, hae, hat, het, tae, tat, tea, tet, the.
	-3 letters: ae, ah, at, eh, et, ha, he, ta.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-t-t"
	+1 letter: hatted, hatter, thetas, threat.
	+2 letters: atheist, athlete, attache, cathect, chatted, chattel, chatter, etchant, hastate, hatchet, hatters, latchet, ratchet, shatter, staithe, stealth, theater, theatre, thecate, thereat, threats.
	+3 letters: aesthete, amethyst, atheists, athetoid, athletes, athletic, attached, attacher, attaches, bathetic, cathects, catheter, chastest, chattels, chatters, chattery, chattier, earthnut, earthset, etchants, ethylate, farthest, gnathite, hastiest, hatchets, hatteria, hebetate, hematite, hemostat, hesitant, hesitate, latchets, lathiest, outcheat, pathetic, postheat, ratchets, reattach, retaught, rheostat, sawteeth, shatters, staithes, stealths, stealthy, tachiste, telepath, tetrarch, thatched, thatcher, thatches, theaters, theatres, theatric, thematic, theocrat, thetical, thionate, thiotepa, threated, threaten, throated, thwarted, thwarter, tithable, trachyte, unhatted, xanthate.
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