About The Word Iota
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Iota
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What's The Definition Of Iota?
[n] the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
[n] a tiny or scarcely detectable amount Synonyms | Synonyms for Iota: scintilla | shred | smidge | smidgen | smidgeon | smidgin | tittle | whit Related Terms | Find terms related to Iota: ace | atom | bit | crumb | dab | dole | dot | dram | dribble | driblet | drop | droplet | dwarf | farthing | fleck | flyspeck | fragment | gnat | gobbet | grain | granule | groat | hair | handful | jot | little | little bit | microbe | microorganism | midge | minim | minimum | minutia | minutiae | mite | modicum | molecule | mote | nutshell | ounce | particle | pebble | pinch | pinhead | pinpoint | pittance | point | ray | scrap | scruple | smidgen | smitch | snip | snippet | speck | spoonful | spot | thimbleful | tiny bit | tittle | trifling amount | trivia | vanishing point | whit See Also | alphabetic character | Greek alphabet | letter | letter of the alphabet | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity Iota In Webster's Dictionary \I*o"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See {Jot}.]
1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet ([iota])
corresponding with the English i.
2. A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.
They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of
tyranny and usurpation. --Burke.
{Iota subscript} (Gr. Gram.), iota written beneath a
preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is
silent.
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