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Beza 1598 — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 05:23:48 GMT

Technical notes

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Nick at 08:53, 27 February 2011

Nick — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:53:38 GMT

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-	Ββ Beta	+	'''Beta''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.

-	~~Beta~~ (~~uppercase Β~~, ~~lowercase β, internal ϐ;~~ Greek~~: Βήτα [~~ˈvita]) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Beth. Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman B and the Cyrillic letters Б and В.	+	The name of the letter is pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ (US) or /ˈbiːtə/ (UK)), and in Greek βήτα ˈvita.

-	In ~~high-quality print, a variant~~ of ~~the letter is sometimes used that does not have~~ a ~~descender except at the beginning~~ of ~~a word: βίβλος is written βίϐλος. Lowercase ϐ is very common in handwriting~~.	+	In the system of [[Greek numerals]] Beta has a value of 2.

		+	==History==
		+	The letter Beta was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Bet (letter)\|Beth]] [[Image:Phoenician beth.svg\|20px\|Beth]]. Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman letter ‹[[B]]› and the Cyrillic letters ‹[[Be (Cyrillic)\|Б]]› and ‹[[Ve (Cyrillic)\|В]]›.
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		+	==Uses==
		+	===Ancient Greek===
		+	In [[Ancient Greek]], Beta represented the [[voiced bilabial plosive]] /b/. The name of the letter, βῆτα ''bêta'', was pronounced bɛ̂ːta.
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		+	===Modern Greek===
		+	In [[Greek language\|Modern Greek]], Beta represents the [[voiced labiodental fricative]] /v/. The name of the letter is spelled βήτα in the modern monotonic orthography, and pronounced ˈvita\|.
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		+	===Math and science===
		+	Beta is often used to denote a variable in mathematics and physics, where it often has specific meanings for certain applications, such as representing [[beta radiation]]. In [[regression analysis]], ‹B› symbolizes non-standardized partial slope coefficients, whereas ‹β› represents [[Standardized coefficient\|standardized (standard deviation-score form) coefficients]]; in both cases, the coefficients reflect the change in the criterion Y per one-unit change in the value of the associated predictor X.
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		+	===Finance===
		+	[[Beta (finance)\|Beta is used in finance]] as a measure of investment portfolio risk.
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		+	===International Phonetic Alphabet===
		+	In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], Greek minuscule beta denotes a [[voiced bilabial fricative]] {{ipa\|[β]}}.
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		+	== Technical notes ==
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		+	In typesetting technical literature, it is a commonly made mistake to use the [[ß\|German letter ß]] (a double s ligature) as a replacement for β. The two letters resemble each other superficially, but they are unrelated.
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Nick at 20:32, 25 April 2009

Nick — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:32:32 GMT

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		+	Beta (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ; Greek: Βήτα [ˈvita]) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Beth. Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman B and the Cyrillic letters Б and В.
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		+	In high-quality print, a variant of the letter is sometimes used that does not have a descender except at the beginning of a word: βίβλος is written βίϐλος. Lowercase ϐ is very common in handwriting.
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Nick at 10:00, 15 March 2009

Nick — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:00:52 GMT

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Nick — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:06:48 GMT

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