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zeta
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ze·ta  (zt, z-)
n.
The sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Greek zta, of Phoenician origin; see zyn in Semitic roots.]

zeta [ˈziːtə]
n
(Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ), a consonant, transliterated as z
[from Greek, of Semitic origin; compare Hebrew sādhē]

Zeta [ˈziːtə]
n
(Astronomy) (foll by the genitive case of a specified constellation) the sixth brightest star in a constellation Zeta Tauri

ZETA [ˈziːtə]
n
(Physics / Nuclear Physics) a torus-shaped apparatus used for research in the 1950s and early 1960s on controlled thermonuclear reactions and plasma physics
[from z(ero-)e(nergy) t(hermonuclear) a(pparatus)]
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Noun1.zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"


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