beta

beta
I. noun Etymology: Middle English betha, from Latin beta, from Greek bēta, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew bēth beth Date: 14th century 1. the 2d letter of the Greek alphabet — see alphabet table 2. beta particle 3. a measure of the risk potential of a stock or an investment portfolio expressed as a ratio of the stock's or portfolio's volatility to the volatility of the market as a whole 4. a nearly complete prototype of a product (as software) <
released in beta
> <
the beta version
> II. adjective Date: 1862 second in position in the structure of an organic molecule from a particular group or atom <
beta substitution
> — often used in combination; symbol β

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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