beta
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antique | [ b ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
modern | [ v ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Latin | B. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrillic | В , Б | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ב | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ب | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phoenician | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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From the ancient world | b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
From the modern | v | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 in the middle of the word |
Beta ( pronunciation : [ 'Beta ], reconstructed ancient Greek pronunciation : [ bɛːta ], Modern Greek pronunciation : [ ' vita ], Greek neuter Βήτα , Majuskel Β, minuscule β, in the middle of words also β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet and has after the Milesian system the numerical value 2. in ancient Greek , he had the phonetic value [ b ] , in modern Greek , the letter Víta called and [ v ] pronounced. In the Cyrillic alphabet, therefore Бб developed from the beta both the letter for the sound [ b ] as well as the letter Вв for the sound [ v ] . Its Latin equivalent is the B .
use
- In the International Phonetic Alphabet , the small Beta referred [ beta ] the pink seal .
- In physics, beta radiation is a form of ionizing radiation (see radioactivity ).
- In relativity theory , β is the speed in fractions of the speed of light (β = v / c).
- In software development, the beta version is a preliminary version that tests (also known as beta tests ) can be carried out on before it goes on sale.
- In finance, the beta factor describes the systematic risk of a security or portfolio.
- In stochastics, the beta distribution is a continuous probability distribution.
- In regression analysis procedures, the betas denote the standardized b-weights.
- The Beta Angle is used in space travel .
- In chemistry , β is the symbol for the mass concentration .
- Beta is a purely object-oriented programming language from Scandinavia.
Web links
Wiktionary: Beta - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations