"theta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθiːtə/ [UK], /ˈθeɪtə/ [Canada, US], /ˈθeɪ.ta/ [Hong-Kong], [fei̯˥ tʰaː˩] [Hong-Kong] Audio: en-us-theta.ogg [US] Forms: thetas [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -iːtə, (US, Canada) -eɪtə Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|θῆτα}} Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta) Head templates: {{en-noun}} theta (plural thetas)
  1. The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (Greek letter): θῆτα (thêta) (Ancient Greek), ثِيتَا (ṯītā) [feminine] (Arabic), ثيتا (ṯīta) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ܛܝܬܐ (ṯita) (Aramaic), թետա (tʻeta) (Armenian), theta [feminine] (Catalan), 西塔 (xītǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), theta [neuter] (Danish), thèta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), teto (Esperanto), theeta (Finnish), thêta [masculine] (French), Theta [neuter] (German), θήτα (thíta) [neuter] (Greek), טֵיתָא (téta) [feminine] (Hebrew), théta (Hungarian), þeta (Icelandic), theta (Interlingua), テータ (tēta) (Japanese), シータ (shīta) (Japanese), 테타 (teta) (Korean), teta (Malay), heitā (Maori), theta [feminine] (Polish), teta [masculine] (Portuguese), те́та (tɛ́ta) [feminine] (Russian), фи́та (fíta) [Greek, feminine, modern] (Russian), zeta [feminine] (Spanish), theta [feminine] (Spanish), tita [feminine] (Spanish), theta (Swedish), teta (Tagalog), teta (Turkish), те́та (téta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-theta-en-noun-rRedkXQl Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 48 2 13 14 4 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 18 15 7 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 44 3 14 16 5 17 Disambiguation of 'Greek letter': 40 2 16 12 6 23
  2. (mathematics) The measure of an angle. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-theta-en-noun-k6itKwUS Topics: mathematics, sciences
  3. (aviation, by extension) Pitch angle; the angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and the horizontal plane. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-theta-en-noun-qg5wAfDn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 18 15 7 27 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (finance) The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay". Categories (topical): Finance Hypernyms (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (english: includes list of coordinate terms)
    Sense id: en-theta-en-noun--v5Nx3zV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 18 15 7 27 Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'measure of derivative price sensitivity': 10 19 15 41 8 8
  5. (biology) Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults). Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-theta-en-noun-uDIMcyyr Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  6. (phonology) The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ. Categories (topical): Phonology, Phonemes
    Sense id: en-theta-en-noun-IDat6P0B Disambiguation of Phonemes: 28 3 14 12 5 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 18 15 7 27 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ramanujan theta function, theta-delta, theta function, theta join, theta meditation, thetan, theta pinch, theta rhythm, theta role, theta wave Coordinate_terms: alpha, beta, gamma

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Ramanujan theta function"
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      "word": "theta join"
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      "word": "theta meditation"
    },
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      "sense": "measure of derivative price sensitivity",
      "word": "Greeks"
    }
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        "The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ."
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          "ref": "2018 September 19, Meghan O'Gieblyn, “The Most Unread Book Ever Acclaimed”, in The Paris Review",
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        "US"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
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      "word": "ܛܝܬܐ"
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "թետա"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "西塔"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "thèta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "teto"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "theeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "thêta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Theta"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "thíta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "θήτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thêta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "θῆτα"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "téta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "טֵיתָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "théta"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "þeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "theta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tēta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "テータ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shīta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "シータ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "테타"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "teta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "heitā"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "theta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tɛ́ta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "те́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "Greek letter",
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        "modern"
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      "code": "es",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "theta"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tita"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "theta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "teta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
      "word": "teta"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "téta",
      "sense": "Greek letter",
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      "word": "те́та"
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}

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