Beta
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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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Ββ Beta
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.
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.
