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Beta
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- 1 Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound. not-comparable
- 2 Designates the second in an order of precedence. not-comparable
- 3 Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing. not-comparable
- 4 Associated with the beta male/female archetype. not-comparable
- 1 preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product wordnet
- 2 second in order of importance wordnet
- 1 Clipping of Betamax abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
"The digital revolution is changing these rules, but as of this writing, generally you submit your music video to the network for review on Beta tape."
- 1 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. countable, uncountable
- 2 a term of endearment, used towards someone of equal or lower standing such as a friend or child, similar to brother or son Hinglish, India, North, Pakistan, colloquial, countable, uncountable
"Don't pick that up, beta, it's dirty."
- 3 A member of Generation Beta.
"With an estimated 90% of all online content expected to be generated in some way shape or form by AI by as early as 2026, theorists predict Betas will grow up in a world heavily fraught by deepfake content, truth will no longer be a fixed concept, and they will spend their lives searching for reality."
- 4 the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet wordnet
- 5 An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha. countable, rare, uncountable
"But let me tell you happy extroverts that only Vera Telfer and H. A. C. Evans got even an alpha minus; only T. E. Hendrie got a beta plus […]"
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- 6 Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices. countable, uncountable
"An inspection of the results indicate that Property Trusts is the lowest risk industry with a long-run beta of 0.4520 while Gold is the highest risk industry with a long-run beta of 1.5229."
- 7 The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing. uncountable
"The company is offering a public beta program to test the software."
- 8 Software in such a phase; a preliminary version. countable
"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."
- 9 Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product. proscribed, uncountable
"beta levels; beta characters; beta items in a video game"
- 10 Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it. countable, uncountable
- 11 A beta particle or beta ray. countable, uncountable
- 12 Sideslip angle. countable, uncountable
- 13 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. countable, uncountable
- 14 Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 15 Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang, uncountable
"“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.”"
- 16 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. countable, slang, uncountable
"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)."
- 1 To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
- 2 To beta-read a text. Internet
"1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.x-files.creative/msg/29d32d27e61755f2?dmode=source My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.
From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.
From Hindi बेटा (beṭā)
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