Meaning of BETA
| Pronunciation: | | 'beytu
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- [n] the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
- [n] beets
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BETA is a 4 letter word that starts with B. |
| | Synonyms: | | genus Beta |
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| | See Also: | | alphabetic character, beet, Beta vulgaris, caryophylloid dicot genus, Chenopodiaceae, common beet, family Chenopodiaceae, goosefoot family, Greek alphabet, letter, letter of the alphabet | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be"ta\, n. [Gr. bh^ta.]
The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, [beta]. See {B},
and cf. etymology of {Alphabet}.
Note: Beta (B, [beta]) is used variously for classifying, as:
(a) (Astron.) To designate some bright star, usually the
second brightest, of a constellation, as, [beta]
Aurig[ae].
(b) (Chem.) To distinguish one of two or more isomers; also,
to indicate the position of substituting atoms or groups
in certain compounds; as, [beta]-naphthol. With acids, it
commonly indicates that the substituent is in union with
the carbon atom next to that to which the carboxyl group
is attached.
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Kristensen, Madsen <olmadsen@daimi.aau.dk>, Moller-Pedersen & Nygaard, 1983. Object-oriented language with block structure, coroutines, concurrency, strong typing, part objects, separate objects and classless objects. Central feature is a single abstraction mechanism called "patterns", a generalisation of classes, providing instantiation and hierarchical inheritance for all objects including procedures and processes. Mjolner Informatics ApS, Aarhus, implementations for Mac, Sun, HP, Apollo. E-mail: <info@mjolner.dk>. Mailing list: <usergroup@mjolner.dk>. ["Object-Oriented Programming in the BETA Programming Language", Ole Lehrmann et al, A-W June 1993, ISBN 0-201-62430-3]. [jargon file] /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ See beta conversion, beta test. [jargon file]
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