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/ˈbātə/,
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betas, plural;
  1. The second letter of the Greek alphabet (Β, β), transliterated as ‘b.’

  2. Denoting the second of a series of items, categories, forms of a chemical compound, etc
    • - beta carotene
    • - beta blocker
  3. The second (usually second-brightest) star in a constellation
    • - Beta Virginis
  4. Relating to beta decay or beta particles
    • - beta emitters
  1. the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
  2. second in order of importance; "the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory"
  3. preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product; "a beta version"; "beta software"
  4. beets
  5. BETA is a pure object-oriented language originating within the "Scandinavian School" in object-orientation where the first object-oriented language Simula was developed. From a technical perspective, BETA provides several unique features. ...
  6. Lopadea Nouă (Magyarlapád; Schaufeldorf) is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It is composed of eight villages: Asinip (Asszonynépe), Băgău (Magyarbagó), Beţa (Magyarbece), Cicârd (Csengerpuszta), Ciuguzel (Fugad), Lopadea Nouă, Ocnişoara (Kisakna) and Odverem (Vadverem).
  7. Mugeni (Bögöz, Hungarian pronunciation) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania.
  8. In social animals, the alpha is the individual in the community with the highest rank. Where one male and one female fulfill this role, they are referred to as the alpha pair (the term varies when several females fulfill this role – it is extremely rare among mammals for several males to fulfill ...
  9. The Avatars are fictional characters in the WB television series Charmed.
  10. Beta is climbing jargon that designates information about a climb. In rock climbing this may include information about a climb's difficulty, crux, , length, quality of rock, ease to protect, required equipment, and specific information about hand or foot holds. ...
  11. Betamax; A scientific caste of people in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  12. A statistically generated number that is used to measure the volatility of a security or mutual fund in comparison to the market as a whole.
  13. A measure of a security s price fluctuations (volatility) relative to an appropriate market index. For example, the Standard & Poor s 500 Stock Index (S&P 500) has a beta of 1. Stocks with betas greater than 1 are subject to more rapid and extreme price fluctuations than the market. ...
  14. A statistical term used to illustrate the relationship of the price of an individual security or mutual fund unit to similar securities or financial market indexes.
  15. A measure of a company’s common stock price volatility relative to the market
  16. Not ready for final release. Still buggy. Life is perpetual beta.
  17. A measure of how closely the movement of an individual stock tracks the movement of the entire stock market.
  18. A measure of the variability of rate of return or value of a stock or portfolio compared to that of the overall market.
  19. Any advance information (weather, rock or snow conditions, terrain features, local lore) which helps in planning or negotiating a climb.
  20. A relatively weak form of ionizing radiation detectable on many Geiger counters, generally dependent on the thickness of the Geiger-Mueller tube wall or the existence of a "window" at the end of the tube. ...
  21. Advice and/or instructions on how to successfully complete a particular climbing route, boulder problem, or crux sequence.
  22. The price volatility of a financial instrument relative to the price volatility of a market or index as a whole. Beta is most commonly used with respect to equities. A high-beta instrument is riskier than a low-beta instrument.
  23. Coefficient, measuring the volatility of individual financial securities compared with a group standard, taken as a unit, any title with a financial high beta coefficient is more volatile than the market and any financial title with a low beta coefficient indicates a slower reaction than market’ ...
  24. A statistic that indicates a fund's historic volatility relative to its benchmark index:
  25. A figure that indicates the historical propensity of a stock price to move with the stock market as a whole. The lowest theoretical Beta is zero indicating no movement. The highest Beta is 2 indicating wild gyrations for small movements in the market.