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theta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Theta  \The"ta\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr  qh^ta,  the  Greek  letter  [theta], 
  [Theta].] 
  A  letter  of  the  Greek  alphabet  corresponding  to  th  in 
  English;  --  sometimes  called  the  unlucky  letter,  from  being 
  used  by  the  judges  on  their  ballots  in  passing  condemnation 
  on  a  prisoner,  it  being  the  first  letter  of  the  Greek 
  qa`natos,  death. 
 
  {Theta  function}  (Math.),  one  of  a  group  of  functions  used  in 
  developing  the  properties  of  elliptic  functions. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  theta 
  n  :  the  8th  letter  of  the  Greek  alphabet 




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