beta
/ˈbeɪtə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.20 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "The English class was for me delightful. My essays, still written under the influence of Kubla Khan, nearly always got a beta plus."
- "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 company is offering a public beta program to test the software."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă)bor. English beta Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă). Doublet of beth.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbeɪtə/
- British English: /ˈbiːtə/