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Second letter of the Greek alphabet

Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Ancient Greek, beta represented the voiced bilabial plosive IPA: [b]. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiodental fricative IPA: [v], while IPA: [b] in borrowed words is instead commonly transcribed as μπ. Letters that arose from beta include the Roman letter ⟨B⟩ and the Cyrillic letters ⟨Б⟩ and ⟨В⟩. Wikipedia →

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Noun The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), preceded by alpha (Α, α) and followed by gamma, (Γ, γ). In modern Greek it represents the voiced labiodental fricative sound of v found in the English words have and vase.

Noun An academic grade better than a gamma and worse than an alpha.

Noun Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.

Noun The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.

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