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| be·ta [ báytə, btə ] |
noun (plural be·tas) |
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1. 2nd letter of Greek alphabet: the second letter of the Greek alphabet, represented in English as "b"
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2. finance measure of price sensitivity: a measure of how volatile the price of a security is, compared to the overall market
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3. nuclear physics
Same as beta particle
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adjective |
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1. comput ready for testing by customers: describes software ready for beta tests
  beta version
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2. nuclear physics produced by radioactivity: describes electrons formed by the splitting of a neutron into a proton and an electron
beta particles
beta rays
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3. chemistry second nearest to designated atom: describes the second nearest atom to a particular atom or group of atoms in an organic molecule
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4. being minor form: describes a minor form of a chemical element with more than one form allotrope
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5. chemistry being one form among others: describes a structural form of a chemical compound having more than one form isomer
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| [14th century. Via Latin and Greek< Canaanite bet "house"] |
