"zeta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈziː.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈzeɪtə/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-zeta.ogg [US] Forms: zetas [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtə, -eɪtə Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta). Doublet of zed. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ζῆτα}} Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta), {{doublet|en|zed}} Doublet of zed Head templates: {{en-noun}} zeta (plural zetas)
  1. The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w)) Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet): ζῆτα (zêta) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), зе́та (zéta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zeta [feminine] (Catalan), zèta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), zeeta (Finnish), Zeta [neuter] (German), ζήτα (zíta) [neuter] (Greek), dzéta (Hungarian), zeta (Ido), zeta (Interlingua), zeta [feminine] (Italian), zēta (Latin), zeta (Malay), zeta [masculine] (Portuguese), dzeta [masculine] (Portuguese), дзе́та (dzɛ́ta) [feminine] (Russian), dseda [feminine] (Spanish), zeta [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)): ζῆτα (zêta) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), زِيتَا (zītā) [feminine] (Arabic), zeta [feminine] (Asturian), зе́та (zéta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zeta [feminine] (Catalan), 澤塔 (Chinese Mandarin), 泽塔 (zétǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 截塔 (jiétǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), zéta (Czech), zèta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), zeto (Esperanto), zeeta (Finnish), tseeta (Finnish), zéta [masculine] (French), Zeta [neuter] (German), ζήτα (zíta) [neuter] (Greek), זֵיתָא (zéta) [feminine] (Hebrew), dzéta (Hungarian), zeta (Ido), zeta (Interlingua), zeta [feminine] (Italian), ゼータ (zēta) (Japanese), 제타 (jeta) (Korean), zeta (Malay), زتا (zetâ) (Persian), dzeta [feminine] (Polish), zeta [masculine] (Portuguese), dzeta [masculine] (Portuguese), дзе́та (dzɛ́ta) [feminine] (Russian), зи́та (zíta) [feminine] (Russian), dseta [feminine] (Spanish), zeta [feminine] (Spanish), seta (Tagalog), ซีตา (sii-dtâa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-zeta-en-noun-QUZ2G7C7 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)': 97 3
  2. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (Mathematics: Function formally known as the Riemann Zeta Function): zeeta-funktio (Finnish), дзе́та-фу́нкция (dzéta-fúnkcija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-zeta-en-noun-vC3EF5Iy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Mathematics: Function formally known as the Riemann Zeta Function': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: zeta function, zeta pinch, zeta potential, zeta value

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ζῆτα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "zed"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of zed",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta). Doublet of zed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zetas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zeta (plural zetas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Greek",
          "Greek"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "Ζ",
          "Ζ#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "ζ",
          "ζ#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "epsilon",
          "epsilon"
        ],
        [
          "Ε",
          "Ε#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "ε",
          "ε#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "eta",
          "eta"
        ],
        [
          "Η",
          "Η#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "η",
          "η#Greek"
        ],
        [
          "digamma",
          "digamma"
        ],
        [
          "Ϝ",
          "Ϝ#Ancient Greek"
        ],
        [
          "ϝ",
          "ϝ#Ancient Greek"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Zeta of 3 is irrational",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "Riemann zeta function",
          "Riemann zeta function"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈziː.tə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzeɪtə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːtə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtə"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-zeta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a5/En-us-zeta.ogg/En-us-zeta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/En-us-zeta.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "zītā",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "زِيتَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zéta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "澤塔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zétǎ",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "泽塔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiétǎ",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "截塔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "zéta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zèta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "zeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "zeeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "tseeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zéta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zíta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζήτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "zêta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζῆτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zéta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "זֵיתָא"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "dzéta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zēta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "ゼータ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "제타"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "zetâ",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "زتا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dzeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dzɛ́ta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zíta",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зи́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dseta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "seta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sii-dtâa",
      "sense": "Sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ)",
      "word": "ซีตา"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zéta",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zèta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "word": "zeeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zíta",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζήτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "zêta",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζῆτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "word": "dzéta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "word": "zēta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dzeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dzɛ́ta",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзе́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dseda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Seventh letter of the ancient Greek alphabet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Mathematics: Function formally known as the Riemann Zeta Function",
      "word": "zeeta-funktio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dzéta-fúnkcija",
      "sense": "Mathematics: Function formally known as the Riemann Zeta Function",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дзе́та-фу́нкция"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zeta"
}

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