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BETA
beta
(adjective) preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product; “a beta version”; “beta software”
beta
(adjective) second in order of importance; “the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory”
beta
(noun) the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
Beta, genus Beta
(noun) beets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
beta (plural betas)
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.
Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.
(finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
(computing, video games, 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.
(computing, video games, countable) Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
(climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
(physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”)
(slang, manosphere) Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
(fandom) In omegaverse fiction, a person of a (usually secondary) gender/sex that mirrors the biology of a normal human, being free from the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
Adjective
beta (not comparable)
Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
Designates the second in an order of precedence.
(computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
(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)
(computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
(chiefly, Internet) To beta-read a text.
Anagrams
• Bate, Teba, abet, bate, beat
Proper noun
Beta
Betamax.
Anagrams
• Bate, Teba, abet, bate, beat
Source: Wiktionary
Be"ta, n. [Gr. bh a.]
Definition: The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, b. See B, and cf. etymology of Alphabet. Beta (B, b) is used variously for classifying, as: (a) (Astron.) To designate some bright star, usually the second brightest, of a constellation, as, b Aurigæ. (b) (Chem.) To distinguish one of two or more isomers; also, to indicate the position of substituting atoms or groups in certain compounds; as, b-naphthol. With acids, it commonly indicates that the substituent is in union with the carbon atom next to that to which the carboxyl group is attached.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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