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Zeta

//ˈziː.tə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro. historical
  2. 2
    Acronym of zero-energy thermonuclear assembly/apparatus (“a torus-shaped reactor used in the mid-20th century to carry out experiments in plasma physics and temperature-controlled thermonuclear reactions”). abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)
  2. 2
    A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.
  3. 3
    the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet wordnet
  4. 4
    A mathematical function, formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

    "Zeta of 3 is irrational"

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta). Doublet of zed.

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