beta

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product

   A beta version.

2. 2
   adj

   second in order of importance

   The candidate, considered a beta, was perceived to be unable to lead the party to victory.

3. 3
   noun

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

   But let me tell you happy extroverts that only Vera Telfer and H. A. C. Evans got even an alpha minus; only T. E. Hendrie got a beta plus […].

4. 4
   noun

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

   An inspection of the results indicate that Property Trusts is the lowest risk industry with a long-run beta of 0.4520 while Gold is the highest risk industry with a long-run beta of 1.5229.

Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă)bor. English beta From Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta). Doublet of beth.

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