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BetaSee beta version, beta site, Betamax and Betacam. beta 1. the second letter in the Greek alphabet (Β or β), a consonant, transliterated as b 2. a. involving or relating to electrons b. relating to one of two or more allotropes or crystal structures of a solid c. relating to one of two or more isomeric forms of a chemical compound
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He caricatured the practice in the very form of his diction, as in the verse: '{Epsilon pi iota chi alpha rho eta nu / epsilon iota delta omicron nu / Mu alpha rho alpha theta omega nu alpha delta epsilon / Beta alpha delta iota zeta omicron nu tau alpha}, or, {omicron upsilon kappa / alpha nu / gamma / epsilon rho alpha mu epsilon nu omicron sigma / tau omicron nu / epsilon kappa epsilon iota nu omicron upsilon /epsilon lambda lambda epsilon beta omicron rho omicron nu}. Standing at the beginning of British (and English) history, his name came to be applied to the whole of it, just as the first two Greek letters, alpha and beta, have given the name to the alphabet. |
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