Everything about Beta Letter totally explained
Beta (uppercase
Β, lowercase
β, internal
ϐ; [ˈviˑta] Vita) is the second letter of the
Greek alphabet. In the system of
Greek numerals it has a value of 2. It was derived from the
Phoenician letter Beth . Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman
B and the Cyrillic letters
Б and
В.
In high-quality print, a variant of the letter is sometimes used that doesn't have a
descender except at the beginning of a word: “βίβλος” is written “βίϐλος”. Lowercase
ϐ is very common in handwriting though.
Ancient Greek
In
Ancient Greek, Beta represented a /b/ and the name of the letter, Βήτα, was pronounced something like /ˈbɛːta/. The name of the letter in English derives from this; the American pronunciation is, whereas the British pronunciation is /ˈbiːtə/. See:
American and British English pronunciation differences.
Modern Greek
In
Modern Greek, it represents a
voiced labiodental fricative /v/ and the Modern Greek name of the letter, Βήτα, is pronounced .
Use as a symbol or name
Beta is often used to denote a variable in mathematics and physics, where it often has specific meanings for certain applications, such as representing beta particles, and
beta radiation.
In the
International Phonetic Alphabet, Greek minuscule beta denotes a
voiced bilabial fricative.
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