β
- (IPA, UPA) avoicedbilabialfricative or, occasionally,approximant.
- (superscript⟨ᵝ⟩, IPA)[β]-fricatedrelease of a plosive (e.g.[bᵝ], sometimes implying anaffricate[b͜β]);[β]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[β].
- Specifically, on a vowel letter: acompressed vowel, e.g. Swedish/ʏᵝː/.
- On aShona consonant: awhistled sibilant/z̤ᵝ/.
- (chemistry) Used inchemical nomenclature to refer to the second of severalisomers,positions orvariations.
β-carotene is the most well-known isomer of tetraterpenehydrocarbons, C40H56.
- (topology)Stone–Čech compactification
- (physics)beta ray,beta particle,beta radiation
- (relativity)speed parameter,
- (IPA)⟨β̞⟩ (specifically an approximant)
β (v) (upper caseΒ,lower caseβ)
- The 2nd letter of theArvanitic Albanian Greek-script alphabet.
- Greek script letters (script appendix):Α α,Β β,B b,Γ γ,Γϳ γϳ,Δ δ,D d,Ε ε,Ε̱ ε̱,Ζ ζ,Ζ̇ ζ̇,Θ θ,Ι ι,Ϳ ϳ,Κ κ,Κ̇ κ̇,Λ λ,ΛΛ λλ,Λ̇ λ̇,Μ μ,Ν ν,Ν̇ ν̇,Ο ο,Π π,Ρ ρ,Ρ̇ ρ̇,Σ σ,Σ̈ σ̈,Τ τ,Ȣ ȣ,Υ υ,Φ φ,Χ χ,Χ̇ χ̇,ΤΣ τσ,ΤΣ̈ τσ̈,DΣ dσ,DΣ̈ dσ̈ [edit]
- (Latin-script letters)shkronjë;A a,B b,C c,Ç ç,D d,Dh dh,E e,Ë ë,F f,G g,Gj gj,H h,I i,J j,K k,L l,Ll ll,M m,N n,Nj nj,O o,P p,Q q,R r,Rr rr,S s,Sh sh,T t,Th th,U u,V v,X x,Xh xh,Y y,Z z,Zh zh
Derived from itsmajuscule counterpartΒ, from thePhoenician letter𐤁,beth.
β• (b) (lowercase,uppercaseΒ)
- Lower-casebeta (βῆτα), the second letter of the ancientGreek alphabet. It represented thevoiced bilabial plosive:/b/ and later thevoiced labiodental fricative/v/. It is preceded byα and followed byγ.
See alsobeta
- (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),Ͷͷ,Ͱ(H)ͱ(h),Ϻ(S)ϻ(s),Ϟϟ,Ϙ(Q)ϙ(q),Ͳ(S)ͳ(s)
- (punctuation)·⸳.;
- (diacritics)᾿῾◌́◌̀῀¨
β
- alternative form of貝塔 /贝塔(bèitǎ)
- (Mandarin, chiefly Internetslang)alternative form of屄(bī)
β• (v) (lowercase,uppercaseΒ)
- Lower-casebeta (βήτα), the second letter of the modernGreek alphabet. It represents thevoiced labiodental fricative:/v/. It is preceded byα and followed byγ.
- β’(v’,“two, 2”)
- ,β(,v,“two thousand, 2,000”)
- 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),Ͷͷ,Ͱ(H)ͱ(h),Ϻ(S)ϻ(s),Ϟϟ,Ϙ(Q)ϙ(q),Ͳ(S)ͳ(s)
- (punctuation)·⸳.;
- (diacritics)᾿῾◌́◌̀῀¨
