beta

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbiːtə/    美 /ˈbeɪtə/|[ˈbeɪɾə]

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. countable,uncountable
  2. a term of endearment, used towards someone of equal or lower standing such as a friend or child, similar to brother or son Hinglish,India,North,Pakistan,colloquial
    — Don't pick that up, beta, it's dirty.
  3. An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha. countable,rare,uncountable
    — 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 […]
  4. Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  5. The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing. uncountable
    — The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.
  6. Software in such a phase; a preliminary version. countable
    — 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.
  7. Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product. proscribed,uncountable
    — beta levels; beta characters; beta items in a video game
  8. Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it. countable,uncountable
  9. A beta particle or beta ray. countable,uncountable
  10. Sideslip angle. countable,uncountable
  11. 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. countable,uncountable
  12. Alternative spelling of betta (“fish in the genus Betta”). alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
  13. Ellipsis of beta male, a man who is less competent or desirable than an alpha male. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,slang
    — “I guess in your psychological language of alpha males and beta males, I would be firmly in the camp that prefers the more laid-back betas,” she took a deep breath, “like your father.”
  14. 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. countable,slang,uncountable
    — 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).
动词 v.
  1. To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
  2. To beta-read a text. Internet
    — 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.x-files.creative/msg/29d32d27e61755f2?dmode=source My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.
形容词 adj.
  1. Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound. not-comparable
  2. Designates the second in an order of precedence. not-comparable
  3. Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing. not-comparable
  4. Associated with the beta male/female archetype. not-comparable

词形变化

betas plural betas present,singular,third-person betaing participle,present betaed participle,past betaed past betas plural

词汇关系

下位词
closed beta open beta paid beta perpetual beta public beta
衍生词
alpha-beta filter alphabetagamma alpha-beta pruning alternative beta amyloid-beta amyloid beta Becrux beta-antithrombin beta-beam beta blockade betabux betacetylmethadol beta chain beta city beta-compactification beta distribution beta error beta female beta fish beta function beta-hydroxyisovalerylshikonin beta iron betaish beta-lactamase beta-lactamic betalight beta-lipoprotein beta male betameprodine betamethadol betamethasone betamimetic beta movement beta-naphthol beta orbiter beta-pinene beta-pleated sheet betaprodine betaproteobacterium beta quartz beta reduce beta reduction beta-sitosterol beta test beta-test beta tester beta testing beta-thalassemia betathromboglobulin betatron betavoltaic betavoltaics betaware labetalol machete beta metallo-beta-lactamase New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 nonbeta region-beta paradox smart beta beta amino acid beta-amino acid beta barrel beta-barrel beta blocker beta-blocker Betacam beta carbon nitride beta-carotene beta carotene beta cell beta coefficient beta decay beta emitter beta form 1-3 beta globin beta globulin beta-glucan beta-glucosidase beta helix beta lactam beta-lactam betalike Betamax beta oxidation beta-oxidation beta particle β-particle beta-peptide beta radiation beta ray β-ray beta reader beta receptor beta sheet beta strand beta version beta wave

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝 (biṭṭa)
Middle Hindi بیٿا (byṭa)
Hindi बेटा (beṭā)bor.
English beta
Borrowed from Hindi बेटा (beṭā).
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