beta

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: bēʹtə, IPA: /ˈbiːtə/
• (US) enPR: bāʹtə, IPA: /ˈbeɪtə/
• (UK) Homophone: beater (non-rhotic accents)
• (US) Homophone: baiter (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

beta (countable and uncountable, plural betas)

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.
2. (education, rare) An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.
3. (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
4. (computing, video games)
   1. (uncountable) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
      • The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.
   2. (countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
   3. (proscribed, uncountable) Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.
      • beta levels, beta characters, beta items in a video game
5. (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
6. (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
7. (aviation) Sideslip angle.
8. (aviation) 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.
9. Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”)
10. (slang, manosphere, masculism) Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
11. (fandom slang) 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.

Adjective

beta (not comparable)

1. Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
2. Designates the second in an order of precedence.
3. (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
4. (of a person, object or action) Associated with the beta male/female archetype.

Verb

beta (third-person singular simple present betas, present participle betaing, simple past and past participle betaed)

1. (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
2. (chiefly Internet) To beta-read a text.

Anagrams

• Bate, Teba, abet, bate, beat

Pronoun

beta

1. I first-person singular pronoun

Noun

beta f (plural betes)

1. beta (Greek letter)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˈbɛ.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA: /ˈbɛ.ta/

Noun

beta f (plural betes)

1. beta; the Greek letter Β (lowercase β).

Noun

beta f (plural betes)

1. boat; specifically a small, flat-bottom boat common to the coasts of Provence and Languedoc.

Noun

beta n or f

1. beta (Greek letter)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpeːʰta/
• Homophone: betað

Noun

beta n (genitive singular beta, plural betu)

1. beta (Greek letter)

Noun

beta m (plural betas)

1. beta (Greek letter)

Noun

beta n (genitive singular beta, no plural)

1. beta (Greek letter)

Noun

beta

1. I, me, my

Noun

beta

1. abbreviation of benda terbang aneh (“unidentified flying object”).

Noun

beta (first-person possessive betaku, second-person possessive betamu, third-person possessive betanya)

1. beta (second letter of the Greek alphabet)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛ.ta/
• Hyphenation: bè‧ta

Noun

beta f (invariable)

1. the name of the Greek script letter Β/β; beta
2. (computing) beta (software version)

Noun

beta f (plural bete)

1. Alternative form of bieta; beet

Anagrams

• beat, tabe

Romanization

beta

1. Rōmaji transcription of ベタ

Noun

bēta f (genitive bētae); first declension

1. A beet.

Noun

bēta n (indeclinable)

1. The Greek letter beta.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /betə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /beta/

Pronoun

beta (Jawi spelling بيتا‎)

1. (royal) I, me, my (exclusive use in royalty, subject is either king or queen)

Noun

beta (Jawi spelling بيتا‎, plural beta-beta, informal 1st possessive betaku, 2nd possessive betamu, 3rd possessive betanya)

1. beta (second letter of the Greek alphabet)

Alternative forms

• bete

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbʲeda/

Verb

beta

1. third-person plural present subjunctive relative of is

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbɛ.ta/
• Syllabification: be‧ta

Noun

beta f

1. beta (Greek letter Β, β)

Noun

beta m inan

1. genitive/accusative singular of bet

Noun

beta f (plural betas)

1. beta (all senses)

Noun

beta f (plural betas)

1. beet (plant)

Noun

beta m (plural beta)

1. beta (Greek letter)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bêta/
• Hyphenation: be‧ta

Noun

bȅta f (Cyrillic spelling бе̏та)

1. beta, the Greek letter, Β, β

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈbeta]

Noun

beta f (genitive singular bety, nominative plural bety, genitive plural biet, declension pattern of žena) OR beta n

1. beta (Greek letter)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbeta/ [ˈbe.t̪a]
• Syllabification: be‧ta
• Homophone: veta

Noun

beta f (plural betas)

1. beta; the Greek letter Β, β

Noun

beta n or c

1. beta; the Greek letter Β, β
2. (computing) a beta version of a program
3. (slang) short for minnesbeta

Verb

beta (present betar, preterite betade, supine betat, imperative beta)

1. to test software prior to release

Noun

beta c

1. beetroot

Verb

beta (present betar, preterite betade, supine betat, imperative beta)

1. to graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛˈtɑː/

Verb

beta (present betar, preterite betog, supine betagit, imperative beta)

1. to steal