beta

Etymology
From. .

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.
 * 3)  Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
 * 4)   The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
 * 5)  Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
 * 6)  Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.
 * 7)  Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
 * 8)  A beta particle or beta ray.
 * 9)   angle.
 * 10)  The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.
 * 11)   a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
 * 12)  In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
 * 13) * 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
 * In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.
 * 1)  Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.
 * 2)  Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
 * 3)  A beta particle or beta ray.
 * 4)   angle.
 * 5)  The range of engine power settings in which the blade pitch angle of a constant-speed propeller is controlled directly by the angle of the engine's throttle lever (rather than varying with engine torque and airspeed to maintain a constant propeller RPM), allowing the propeller to be disked to generate high drag and slow the aircraft quickly.
 * 6)   a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male.
 * 7)  In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
 * 8) * 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
 * In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.
 * 1)  In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
 * 2) * 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
 * In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.
 * 1)  In omegaverse fiction, a person of a secondary sex similar to normal humans, lacking the biological drives of alphas and omegas but generally capable of bonding and mating with either.
 * 2) * 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
 * In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.
 * 1) * 2017, Marianne Gunderson, "What is an omega? Rewriting sex and gender in omegaverse fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Oslo, page 99:
 * In ASD, the beta also functions as a contrast, as Yuri is assumed to be a beta before his first heat reveals his omega status.

Translations

 * Arabic: بِيتَا, بِيتَا
 * Asturian:
 * Bulgarian: бе́та
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 啤打
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: beta
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βῆτα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: beta
 * Irish: béite
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin:
 * Malay:
 * Maori: peta, peta
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: beta
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: beta
 * Thai: บีตา
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:

Adjective

 * 1) Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
 * 2) Designates the second in an order of precedence.
 * 3)  Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
 * 4)  Associated with the beta male/female archetype.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бе́та
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Interlingua: beta
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1)  To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
 * 2)  To beta-read a text.
 * 3) * 1999, sqira a., in
 * My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.
 * 1) * 2000, Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, McFarland (2006), ISBN 9780786426409, page 180,
 * Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.
 * 1) * 2002, Jane Davitt, in
 * The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but &lt;shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.
 * 1) * 2002, Karmen Ghia, in
 * I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) beta Greek letter

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) ; the Greek letter Β (lowercase β)

Etymology 2
.

Noun

 * 1) boat; specifically a small, flat-bottom boat common to the coasts of Provence and Languedoc

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  Greek letter

Declension
when feminine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

Etymology
From, ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) beta Greek letter

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  Greek letter

Noun

 * 1)  Greek letter

Etymology 1
, probably from.

Noun

 * 1)  I, me, my

Usage notes
The pronoun is obsolete in common use and limited in literature and Moluccas dialect.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) beta

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  Β/β;
 * 2)   (software version)

Etymology 2
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) ; beet

Adjective

 * : better

Etymology 1
Said by some sources to be of origin,  but no obvious Celtic cognates exist. Also compared are, (compared to the root's spindle form), and less likely, sense 2, with the seed vessel resembling the letter.

Noun

 * 1) A beet.

Descendants

 * (partially),
 * (partially)
 * (Chile), (Chile),  (Western Argentina)
 * (partially),
 * (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")
 * (partially),
 * (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")
 * (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")
 * (Southern East of Sicily) (it is probably pluralia tantum but preceded by definite article "a")

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) The Greek letter beta.

Pronoun

 * 1)  I, me, my

Verb

 * "sga"
 * "sga"
 * "sga"

- Cit comṡuidigthi la Grécu ní écen dúnni beta comṡuidigthi linn.

Etymology 1
, from.

Etymology 1
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  (all senses)

Noun

 * 1) beet (plant)

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  Greek letter

Etymology
.

Noun

 * , the Greek letter, Β, β

Etymology
.

Noun
OR


 * 1)  Greek letter

Usage notes

 * When used in the neuter gender, the word is not declined.

Etymology
ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) ; the Greek letter Β, β

Etymology 1
, from.

Noun

 * 1) ; the Greek letter Β, β
 * 2)  a beta version of a program
 * 3)  short for minnesbeta

Verb

 * 1) to test software prior to release

Etymology 2
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) beetroot

Verb

 * 1) to graze; to eat grass; to feed on growing herbage.

Etymology 4
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Verb

 * 1) to steal