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Theta

Theta \The"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. qh^ta, the Greek letter [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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
theta

eighth letter of the Greek alphabet; in ancient Greece, from Hebrew teth; originally an aspirated -t- (see th). Written on ballots to indicate a vote for a sentence of "death" (thanatos), hence occasional allusive use for "death."

Wiktionary
theta

n. 1 the name for the eighth letter οf the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek. 2 (context mathematics English) The measure of an angle.

WordNet
theta

n. the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet

Wikipedia
Theta

Theta (uppercase Θ or ϴ, lowercase θ (which resembles digit 0 with horizontal line) or ϑ; , thē̂ta, ; Modern: , thī́ta, ; , ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth . In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 9.

Theta (disambiguation)

Theta is the eighth Greek letter, written Θ (uppercase) or θ (lowercase).

Theta also refers to:

Places

  • Theta, South Africa

Science and mathematics

  • Θ (set theory)
  • theta function
  • theta representation in mathematics
  • theta rhythm, in biology
  • The hypothetical theta meson in quantum physics
  • theta role, in linguistics
  • theta (finance), in quantitative finance, a first order derivative of an option pricing formula versus time
  • the denotation for potential temperature
  • an IPA symbol for voiceless dental fricative
  • a common variable for the measure of an angle

Business

  • GM Theta platform, an automobile platform of General Motors
  • Theta Networks a Telecommunications software company
  • Theta (video game), (2007)

Organizations

  • Delta Sigma Theta
  • Iota Phi Theta
  • Kappa Alpha Theta
  • Phi Delta Theta
  • Theta Chi
  • Theta Phi Alpha
  • Thetan, in Scientology, the spirit or soul
Theta (video game)

is a video game software developed by Giles Goddard's development studio VITEI and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was released exclusively in Japan on September 6, 2007.

Theta (SIS radio group)

"Theta" was a radio communications group that operated in Bergen, Norway during the German occupation of Norway, communicating with the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS). The group was operative from December 1941 to June 1942.

Theta (gastropod)

Theta is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.

Usage examples of "theta".

Arcturus: of the precession of equinoxes: of Orion with belt and sextuple sun theta and nebula in which 100 of our solar systems could be contained: of moribund and of nascent new stars such as Nova in 1901: of our system plunging towards the constellation of Hercules: of the parallax or parallactic drift of socalled fixed stars, in reality evermoving wanderers from immeasurably remote eons to infinitely remote futures in comparison with which the years, threescore and ten, of allotted human life formed a parenthesis of infinitesimal brevity.

Theta Virgo IV and been a wineberry planter as his father had wanted him to be.

Here your hippocampus responded with an identical theta rhythm while the neocortical EEG flattened.

If I ruled out Jean and Pippa, I was left with Rebecca, Debbie Anne, and the other sixty or so Kappa Theta Etas who had access to what I envisioned as boxes and boxes of pink construction-paper cats.

I simply cannot get through to her that Kappa Theta Etas are a special breed.

Like the Kappa Theta Etas, Arnie preferred to utilize the floor rather than the closet, although there were no pink cashmere sweaters amid the paint-splattered overalls and dingy gray jockey shorts.

My reluctant relationship with the Kappa Theta Etas had caused nothing but a series of headaches, of both the literal and figurative variety.

Now, thanks to the Kappa Theta Etas, my mind was sizzling with chaotic thoughts, most of which had to do with blackmail.

Kappa Theta Etas, but I have some fairly plausible guesses that I will share with the police, if necessary.

The Kappa Theta Etas with their expansive gums, even teeth, bright eyes, pink cashmere sweaters, expensive athletic shoes, and twenty-four-karat gold pins were not quite as nice as their reputation purported.

Of the two remaining Kappa Theta Etas, Rebecca was the logical successor to that particularly heinous throne.

Was I genuinely concerned about Debbie Anne Wray-or any of the blasted Kappa Theta Etas, their lovers, or even their painters?

Unlike the Kappa Theta Etas, I was not haunted by the specter of a tainted reputation, but the thought of having to explain my presence at the Hideaway Haven was so chilling that goose bumps dotted my arms and whatever hackles I possessed rose on my neck.

Were the Kappa Theta Etas, under the leadership of Jean Hall, raising money not only from prostitution and blackmail, but also from theft?

Kappa Theta Etas, not common girls who struggle through high school and marry factory workers and stay pregnant for fifteen years.