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Definition: Zeta |
ZetaNoun1. The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Zeta" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a little girl". |
Etymology: Zeta \Ze"ta\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression. Compare to Zed.]. (references) |
| 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 |
ZETA | English | Zero-emission transport accessory | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zeta."
Crosswords: Zeta |
| Specialty definitions using "zeta": Antigens, CD3 ♦ Coatomer Protein ♦ interphase. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "zeta": Zed. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zeta" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (zed, zee, zeta), Papiamen (oil, paraffin-oil, petroleum). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Zeta One (1969) The Zeta Project (2001) Zeta Psi Archaeology (1998) The Killings at Outpost Zeta (1980) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | With awinings rigged and a schooner alongside, probably in the James River area, Virginia, in 1864-65. The tug USS Zeta (1864-65) is in the foreground. Credit: NAVY. |  | Zeta Psi fraternity house, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Zeta Alpha House, Wellesley College, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Tau Zeta Epsilon House, Wellesley College, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In November gunmen using automatic rifles opened fire on the vehicle of Jesus Blancornelas, founder and editor of Zeta, a Tijuana weekly. (references) | |
Economic History | Spain | Five major media holding companies own most of them: Grupo Prisa, Grupo Godó, Grupo Zeta, Grupo Correo, Grupo Voz. (references) |
Trade | Guatemala | The "ZOLIC" free trade zone at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla, adjacent to Guatemala's principal port on the Atlantic coast, the Grupo Zeta Free Zone located in the town of Palin near Guatemala city and ZOFRACSA, headquarters are located at 7 Avenida 14-44, Zona 9, Edificio La Galeria 4to. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Zeta" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.75% of the time. "Zeta" is used about 160 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) | 93.75% | 150 | 25,701 |
| Noun (singular) | 5.63% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (common) | 0.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Zeta" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a little girl". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Zeta." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Zeta | Female | N/A | Zita |
| Zita | Female | Italian | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "zeta": zeta-powered. | |
Ending with "zeta": Beta-zeta. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "zeta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | zèta. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | zeta (zed, zee). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | etazay дзета. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zeta": zetas. (additional references) | |
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"Zeta" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eza, ezt, Nzctu, Szita, teza, Tzvetan, Xeta, zaa, zat, zate, Zctu, zeab, zeac, zeaf, zeag, zeah, zeat, zeaty, zeaw, zeba, zeda, Zeena, zeera, zeet, zefa, zeft, zeit, Zekai, zeot, zera, zert, zesta, zeste, zet, zetac, zetad, zetae, zetan, zetar, zete, Zetek, zeti, zeto, zett, zette, zewt, Zeya, zia, Ziba, zita, zite, zitia, zito, zitsa, zitte, zitu, zota, zote, zoti, zto, Zuta, zuti. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zeta" (pronounced zā"tu) |
| 3 | -ā" t u | beta, data, peseta, Theta. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-t-z" | |
-1 letter: ate, eat, eta, tae, tea. | |
-2 letters: ae, at, et, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-t-z" | |
+1 letter: azote, tazze, zetas. | |
+2 letters: azerty, azoted, azotes, bezant, ersatz, patzer, teazel, teazle, zealot, zeatin, zonate. | |
+3 letters: agatize, atomize, azotise, azotize, azurite, baptize, bezants, bezzant, deutzia, ectozoa, entozoa, epazote, gazette, haziest, lazaret, laziest, maziest, mestiza, metazoa, mozetta, ozonate, patzers, quetzal, spatzle, teazels, teazled, teazles, topazes, trapeze, tzigane, waltzed, waltzer, waltzes, zaniest, zapateo, zaptieh, zealots, zeatins, zemstva, zincate, zonated. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Names: Derived from 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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