ALL meanings of beta
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B b - noun beta the second letter in the Greek alphabet (Β, β), a consonant, transliterated as b 3
- noun beta the second highest grade or mark, as in an examination 3
- noun beta involving or relating to electrons 3
- noun beta relating to one of two or more allotropes or crystal structures of a solid 3
- noun beta relating to one of two or more isomeric forms of a chemical compound 3
- noun beta a star in a constellation, usually the second brightest 3
- noun beta an electronic system for recording and playing back videocassettes 3
- noun beta a videocassette recorder using this system 3
- noun beta the second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β) 3
- noun beta the second of a group or series 3
- noun beta the name assigned to the second brightest star in each constellation 3
- noun beta a version of software distributed to selected users for testing before sale 3
- noun beta a measure of the impact of a change in the stock market on the probable price change of a stock or stocks 3
- adjective beta designating an organic structural position 3
- noun beta Greek letter 1
- noun beta software: in second stage of user testing 1
- noun beta software: beta release 1
- noun Definition of beta in Technology /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ See beta conversion, beta test. 1
- noun Technical meaning of beta Kristensen, Madsen <[email protected]>, Moller-Pedersen & Nygaard, 1983. Object-oriented language with block structure, coroutines, concurrency, strong typing, part objects, separate objects and classless objects. Central feature is a single abstraction mechanism called "patterns", a generalisation of classes, providing instantiation and hierarchical inheritance for all objects including procedures and processes. Mjolner Informatics ApS, Aarhus, implementations for Mac, Sun, HP, Apollo. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>. 1
- noun beta the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B). 1
- noun beta the consonant sound represented by this letter. 1
- noun beta (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a star that is usually the second brightest of a constellation: The second brightest star in Taurus is Beta Tauri. 1
- noun beta Chemistry. one of the possible positions of an atom or group in a compound. one of two or more isomeric compounds. 1
- noun beta the second of any series, as in chemistry or physics. 1
- noun beta Also called beta coefficient, beta line. Stock Exchange. an arbitrary measure of the volatility of a given stock using an index of the volatility of the market as a whole: A beta of 1.1 indicates a stock that is 10 percent more volatile than the market. 1
- noun beta (initial capital letter) Trademark. a brand of tape format for VCR tape, incompatible with other formats. Compare VHS. 1
- noun beta Chiefly British. a grade showing that a student is in the middle or second of three scholastic sections in a class. Compare alpha (def 7), gamma (def 9). 1
- noun beta The name of 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. 0
- noun beta Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc. 0
- noun beta (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices. 0
- noun beta (computing) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing. 0
- noun beta (computing) A computer program in such a phase; a preliminary version. 0
- noun beta (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it. 0
- noun beta (physics) A beta particle or beta ray. 0
- noun beta A beta fish, of the genus Betta. 0
- noun beta A beta male. 0
- verb beta (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release. 0
- verb beta (chiefly Internet) To beta-read a text. 0
- adjective beta Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound. 0
- adjective beta Designates the second in an order of precedence. 0
- adjective beta (computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing. 0
- adjective beta (of a person, object or action) associated with the beta male/female archetype. 0