Definitions for Beta

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Beta be·ta

Spelling: [bey-tuh or, esp. British, bee-]

IPA: /ˈbeɪ tə or, esp. British, ˈbi-/

Beta is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in Beta (abet).

Definitions for Beta

noun

1. the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
3. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. a star that is usually the second brightest of a constellation:
4. Chemistry. one of the possible positions of an atom or group in a compound. one of two or more isomeric compounds.
5. the second of any series, as in chemistry or physics.
6. 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:
7. (initial capital letter) Trademark. a brand of tape format for VCR tape, incompatible with other formats. Compare VHS.
8. 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).

Origin of Beta

Latin Greek bêta Semitic; compare Hebrew bēth beth

Examples for Beta

"beta Centauri Five," Garlock reported, after a few minutes.

beta amyloid, he thinks, is one of many things that can stress cellular garbage disposal in the brain.

It was impossible to complete the beta circuit, which short-circuited.

beta amyloid, which OL-1 is meant to lower, was first implicated in the disease at its identification by Alois Alzheimer in 1906.

beta Cephei is a variable star in the Constellation Cepheus.

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. developed an imaging agent called Amyvid, which binds to beta amyloid in the brain.

Most researchers think the disease is caused by the build-up of beta amyloid.

Or, if Wischik is right, beta amyloid has been the wrong focus all along.

Oh, a few traces might remain—his beta curve, for instance, whatever that was.

Let's go up to see Florence King and her bunch at the beta house.