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Translingual
editAlternative forms
edit- (IPA): ꞵ
Pronunciation
editIPA: (file)
Symbol
editβ
- (IPA, UPA) a voiced bilabial fricative or, occasionally, approximant.
- (superscript ⟨ᵝ⟩, IPA) [β]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [bᵝ], sometimes implying an affricate [b͜β]); [β]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [β].
- Specifically, on a vowel letter: a compressed vowel, e.g. Swedish /ʏᵝː/.
- On a Shona consonant: a whistled sibilant /z̤ᵝ/.
- (chemistry) Used in chemical nomenclature to refer to the second of several isomers, positions or variations.
- β-carotene is the most well-known isomer of tetraterpene hydrocarbons, C40H56.
- (topology) Stone–Čech compactification
- (physics) beta ray, beta particle, beta radiation
- (relativity) speed parameter,
Derivations
editSee also
editAlbanian
editPronunciation
editLetter
editβ (v) (upper case Β, lower case β)
- The 2nd letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.
See also
editAncient Greek
editEtymology
editDerived from its majuscule counterpart Β, from the Phoenician letter 𐤁, beth.
Letter
editβ • (b) (lowercase, uppercase Β)
- Lower-case beta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the voiced bilabial plosive: /b/ and later the voiced labiodental fricative /v/. It is preceded by α and followed by γ.
Derived terms
editSee also beta
See also
editChinese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄊㄚˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bèitǎ
- Wade–Giles: pei4-tʻa3
- Yale: bèi-tǎ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beytaa
- Palladius: бэйта (bɛjta)
- Sinological IPA (key): /peɪ̯⁵¹ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bi
- Wade–Giles: pi1
- Yale: bī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bi
- Palladius: би (bi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
editβ
Greek
editLetter
editβ • (v) (lowercase, uppercase Β)
- Lower-case beta (βήτα), the second letter of the modern Greek alphabet. It represents the voiced labiodental fricative: /v/. It is preceded by α and followed by γ.
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- Appendix:Greek alphabet
- (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
- (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ, ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
- (punctuation) · ;
- (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨
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