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beta in WordNet English dictionarynoun- the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
beta
adjective- preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
"a beta version"; "beta software" beta
- second in order of importance
"the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory" beta
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University beta in English Wiktionary - (adjective) Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
- (adjective) Designates the second in an order of precedence.
- (adjective) (computing) preliminary/Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
- (noun) The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet ("'?"', "'?"'), preceded by alpha ("'?"', "'?"') and followed by gamma, ("'?"', "'?"'). In modern Greek it represents the w:Voiced labiodental fricative/voiced labiodental fricative sound of "'v"' found in the English words "have" and "vase".
- (noun) Used in marking scheme: ?, ?, ? or ?+, ?, ?-, ? etc.
- (noun) A scientific caste of people in the novel "w:Brave New World/Brave New World" by w:Aldous Huxley/Aldous Huxley.
- (noun) (finance) Ratio of a stock's volatility to overall market volatility. So for instance a beta of 0.5 means the stock moves 4% when the market moves 8%. (Wikipedia w:beta coefficient/beta coefficient.)
- (noun) (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.
- (noun) (computing) A computer program in such phase; a preliminary version.
- (noun) (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
- (noun) (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
- (noun) A beta fish.
- (verb) (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
- (verb) (rfv-sense) (context/chiefly/Internet) To proofread a text, especially fan fiction.
- (noun) A common form of carotene
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