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Definition of Theta

1. Noun. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Definition of Theta

1. n. 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.

Definition of Theta

1. Noun. the name for the eighth letter ?f the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek. ¹

2. Noun. (mathematics) The measure of an angle. ¹

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Definition of Theta

1. a Greek letter [n -S]

Medical Definition of Theta

1. 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 qanatos, death. Theta function, one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Qh^ta, the Greek letter

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