FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

a Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.

a Designates the second in an order of precedence.

a (computing) preliminary | Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.

a (context|of a person, object or action) associated with the beta male/female archetype.

n The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet ('Β',  'β'), preceded by alpha ('Α',  'α') and followed by gamma, ('Γ',  'γ'). In modern Greek it represents the w:Voiced labiodental fricative|voiced labiodental fricative sound of 'v' found in the English words have and vase.

n Used in marking scheme: α, β, γ or α+, α, α-, β etc.

n (finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.

n (computing) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.

n (computing) A computer program in such phase; a preliminary version.

n (climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.

n (physics) A beta particle or beta ray.

n A beta fish, of the genus Betta.

n A beta male.

v (computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.

v (chiefly|Internet) To proofread a text, especially fan fiction.