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/ˈbiːtə/
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/ˈbeɪtə/
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[ˈbeɪɾə]
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/ˈbiʈɑ/
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/ˈbeʈɑ/
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/ˈbɛtə/
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ˈbiːtə
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ˈbeɪtə
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Noun
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.
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An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.
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But let me tell you happy extroverts that only Vera Telfer and H. A. C. Evans got even an alpha minus; only T. E. Hendrie got a beta plus […]
Mr Taylor would hardly give a beta minus to one of his history students […]
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The English class was for me delightful. My essays, still written under the influence of Kubla Khan, nearly always got a beta plus.
Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
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An inspection of the results indicate that Property Trusts is the lowest risk industry with a long-run beta of 0.4520 while Gold is the highest risk industry with a long-run beta of 1.5229.
The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
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The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.
Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.
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He quickly deduced our goal—ship a quality beta—but he also quickly discerned that we had no idea about the quality of the product because of our pile of untriaged bugs.
We will assume you got the .tgz version—later 2.x series versions such as 2.5.2 or 2.6.0 should be okay, provided they are production releases (not alphas, betas, or release candidates).
Before Evolve had even seen its first beta, the game's publisher dipped its toe into presenting it as an eSport.
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Apple is rolling out the public beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Thursday. We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone or iPad. These versions of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 are betas and don’t represent final software.
Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.
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beta levels; beta characters; beta items in a video game
Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
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A beta particle or beta ray.
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Sideslip angle.
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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.
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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.
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Many A/B/O stories posit societies where biological imperatives divide people based on wolf pack hierarchies into sexual dominants (alphas), sexual submissives (omegas), and everyone else (betas).
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.
Betas are usually second in command to the reigning alpha, and omegas belong to the lowest caste of the social hierarchy.
Adjective
Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
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Designates the second in an order of precedence.
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Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
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Associated with the beta male/female archetype.
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- of a person
Verb
To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
To beta-read a text.
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1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.
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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, 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.
2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.
2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated 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.
Noun
a term of endearment, used towards someone of equal or lower standing such as a friend or child, similar to brother or son
Usage- Hinglish
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Don't pick that up, beta, it's dirty.
Adjective
second in order of importance
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the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory
preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
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a beta version
beta software
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the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
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