beta

1. (countable, uncountable)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.

   бе́таbɛ́ta

   бе́таbéta

   the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet

2. (countable, rare, uncountable)An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.

3. (countable, uncountable)Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.

4. (uncountable)The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.

   The company is offering a public beta program to test the software.

5. (countable)Software in such a phase; a preliminary version.

6. (proscribed, uncountable)Any kind of content from early development that was not used in the final product.

   beta levels; beta characters; beta items in a video game

7. (countable, uncountable)Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.

8. (countable, uncountable)A beta particle or beta ray.

9. (countable, uncountable)Sideslip angle.

10. (countable, uncountable)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.

11. (countable, slang, uncountable)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.

12. (Hinglish, India, North, Pakistan, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A term of endearment, used towards someone of equal or lower standing such as a friend or child, similar to brother or son

    Don't pick that up, beta, it's dirty.

1. Tatoeba is still a beta project.

   deTatoeba ist noch immer ein Projekt im Betastadium.

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2. I think Tom is too beta for Mary.

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3. You feel busy, as your brain produces beta waves.

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4. Because this is a beta version, there may be bugs.

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5. Back when it was still in beta, the game had many glitches and bugs.

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