Beta
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Beta may refer to:
Beta (β), the second letter of the Greek alphabet
In finance:
In mathematics:
Beta function in mathematics Beta distribution in statistics False negative rate in statistics Standardized coefficient in statistics, also sometimes known as beta coefficient
In physics:
Beta (velocity) in special relativity Beta (plasma physics), a plasma's ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure Beta-function in quantum field theory Beta particle in subatomic physics Thermodynamic beta in thermodynamics/statistical mechanics Compressibility or β, a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure change Beta angle, the angle between the orbital plane and a line drawn from the Sun to the Earth.[1]
In biology:
Beta (plant), a genus of flowering plants, the "beets" Beta (biology), a rank in a community of social animals Beta-endorphin Beta movement in visual psychology Beta carbon in organic chemistry Beta cell in anatomy that produces insulin Beta sheet, a secondary protein structure.
In technology:
Beta (time signal) Beta (motorcycle manufacturer), an Italian off-road motorcycle manufacture Lancia Beta, a car or vehicle Transistor "beta", is current gain of a bipolar junction transistor
In media:
Betamax or Betacam, videotape formats Beta (film), 1992 Bollywood film directed by Indra Kumar Beta (Magic: The Gathering) a card game set B3ta, a British humour webcommunity Beta reader, a person who assists in the production of fiction Beta Recordings, a record label Beta, a caste in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World BETA, an organization in the 1986 TV series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers In the Earthbound, or Mother, series of Nintendo RPG games by Shigesato Itoi, β (along with other Greek letters) is used as a classification of the strength of a PSI technique.
In geography:
Beta, Harghita, a village in the commune of Mugeni, Harghita County, Romania
In computer science
A development stage of software wherein the software application is release to enthusiastic public for large-scale testing and bug discovery BETA programming language beta reduction a reduction rule for lambda calculus ( see also Beta normal form )
In other uses:
Beta (climbing), route guidance for rock climbers Hurricane Beta (2005) National Beta Club, a high school honor society Voiced bilabial fricative in the International Phonetic Alphabet Beta quadra, in Socionics Beta coefficient, in Finance
[edit] See also
ß, a German letter that resembles β Betta, a genus of fish, often misspelled Beta Beta Theta Pi fraternity, nicknamed "Beta"
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