beta
Part of speech: adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: betas
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: betaing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: betaed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: betaed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Designates the second in an order of precedence.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Associated with the beta male/female archetype.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
pos: verb
gloss: To beta-read a text.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
examples: 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.
2000, Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet, McFarland (2006), →ISBN, page 180,
Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.
2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative/msg/9301606b391212c0?dmode=source
The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but <shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.
2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated http://groups.google.com/group/alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated/msg/8405f53e8acbb0c1?dmode=source
I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.
Derived words: 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
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: бе́та
roman: béta
lang: Dutch
word: bèta
lang: Esperanto
word: beta
lang: Finnish
word: beeta
lang: French
word: bêta
lang: Georgian
word: ბეტა
roman: beṭa
lang: Greek
word: βήτα
roman: víta
lang: Hebrew
word: בֵּיתָא
roman: béta
lang: Interlingua
word: beta
lang: Italian
word: beta
lang: Japanese
word: ベータ
roman: bēta
lang: Korean
word: 베타
roman: beta
lang: Persian
word: بتا
roman: betâ
lang: Polish
word: beta
lang: Portuguese
word: beta
lang: Russian
word: бе́та
roman: bɛ́ta
lang: Spanish
word: beta
lang: Swedish
word: beta
lang: Vietnamese
word: bêta