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Beta (B, β) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.
Beta or BETA may also refer to:
Beta (film) , a 1992 Bollywood film directed by Indra Kumar
Beta Test (film) , a 2016 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Gyeney
The Beta Test , a 2021 American dark comedy film directed by Jim Cummings
BETA (Muv-Luv) (Beings of the Extra Terrestrial origin which is Adversary of human race), an alien race from the video game series Muv-Luv
β, a classification of strength in the
Earthbound , or Mother , series of Nintendo role-playing games
Beta, a wolf character in the animated film
Storks
BETA, an organization in the 1986 TV series
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Beta (The Walking Dead ) , an antagonist in the Walking Dead comic series
Beta
Hirogen , the second in command of a Hirogen hunting party, as seen in Star Trek: Voyager
Beta Quadrant , one of four quadrants in the galaxy in Star Trek
Mathematics, finance, and statistics
Beta (finance) , the β coefficient in the capital asset pricing model
β, the probability of a Type II error in statistics; See
Type I and type II errors
β-reduction , a reduction rule for lambda calculus
Beta distribution , in statistics, a family of continuous probability distributions
Beta function , a special function also known as the Euler integral of the first kind
Beta invariant , of a matroid
Dirichlet beta function
Eratosthenes , Greek mathematician nicknamed Beta (Βῆτα)
Standardized coefficient or beta coefficient, in statistics, the estimate of an analysis performed on variables that have been standardized so that they have variances of 1
Beta, Ohio , a ghost town in the United States
Beța, a village in
Lopadea Nouă Commune, Alba County, Romania
Beta, a village in
Mugeni Commune, Harghita County, Romania
Beta Israel , a name given to Jewish communities that occupied territories of the Aksumite and Ethiopian (Habesh or Abyssinia) empires
Beta (Olt) , a tributary of the Olt in Harghita County, Romania
Beta, a tributary of the
Târnava Mare in Harghita County, Romania
Beta (plant) , a genus of flowering plants, mostly referred to as beets
Beta (grape) , a variety of North American grape
β1 and β2 , or beta-1 and beta-2, adrenergic receptors
Beta, a rank in a community of social animals; See
Alpha
Beta carbon, in organic chemistry—the second carbon atom in a chain when counting from a functional group; See
Alpha and beta carbon
Beta cell , a type of cell in the pancreas, which produces insulin
Beta sheet , a secondary protein structure
Beta-endorphin , a kind of neurotransmitter
SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant , one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
Beta (plasma physics) , the ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure in plasma
Beta (velocity) , the speed of an object relative to the speed of light in
special relativity .
β, a symbol for
compressibility , a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure change
Beta function (physics) , also β(g)—a function in quantum field theory
Beta particle , a name used to refer to high-energy electrons (β− ) or positrons (β+ ) emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei
Phase Constant (β), in electromagnetics and electrical engineering, used in the theory of plane waves; See
Propagation constant
Precursor yield fraction, leading to
delayed neutrons in nuclear reactors
Thermodynamic beta , in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics—a numerical quantity related to the thermodynamic temperature of a system
Beta (climbing) , climbing jargon that designates information about a climb
Beta Ethniki , the second tier division of the Greek football (soccer) league
Topics referred to by the same term