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Theta

Theta Meaning & Definition
Theta Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Theta?

[n] the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet

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See Also | alphabetic character | Greek alphabet | letter | letter of the alphabet

Theta In Webster's Dictionary

\The"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. qh^ta, the Greek letter [theta], [Theta].] A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death. {Theta function} (Math.), one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions.

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