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	==History==		==History==
	The letter Beta was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Bet (letter)\|Beth]] [[Image:Phoenician beth.~~svg~~\|20px\|Beth]]. Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman letter ‹[[B]]› and the Cyrillic letters ‹[[Be (Cyrillic)\|Б]]› and ‹[[Ve (Cyrillic)\|В]]›.		The letter Beta was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet\|Phoenician letter]] [[Bet (letter)\|Beth]] [[Image:Phoenician beth.jpg\|20px\|Beth]]. Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman letter ‹[[B]]› and the Cyrillic letters ‹[[Be (Cyrillic)\|Б]]› and ‹[[Ve (Cyrillic)\|В]]›.

	==Uses==		==Uses==

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	'''Vita''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed \|βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.		'''Vita''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed \|βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.

	The name of the letter is pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ (US) or /ˈbiːtə/ (UK)), and in Greek βήτα ˈvita.		The name of the letter is pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ (US) or /ˈbiːtə/ (UK), and in Greek βήτα ˈvita.

	In the system of [[Greek numerals]] Beta has a value of 2.		In the system of [[Greek numerals]] Beta has a value of 2.

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	'''Vita''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed \|βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.		'''Vita''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed \|βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.

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	'''~~Beta~~''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed \|βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.		[[Image:alpha.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Vita]]
			'''Vita''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed \|βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.

	The name of the letter is pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ (US) or /ˈbiːtə/ (UK)), and in Greek βήτα ˈvita.		The name of the letter is pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ (US) or /ˈbiːtə/ (UK)), and in Greek βήτα ˈvita.

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 In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], Greek minuscule beta denotes a [[voiced bilabial fricative]] [β].
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beta (Letter)}}
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 [[Category:Phonetic transcription symbols]]

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New page: '''Beta''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a descender is u...

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'''Beta''' (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ) is the second letter of the [[Greek alphabet]]. In high-quality print, the variant of the lowercase letter without a [[descender]] is used within a word: βίβλος is printed |βίϐλος. The form ‹ϐ› is very common in handwriting.

The name of the letter is pronounced /ˈbeɪtə/ (US) or /ˈbiːtə/ (UK)), and in Greek βήτα ˈvita.

In the system of [[Greek numerals]] Beta has a value of 2.

==History==
The letter Beta was derived from the [[Phoenician alphabet|Phoenician letter]] [[Bet (letter)|Beth]] [[Image:Phoenician beth.svg|20px|Beth]]. Letters that arose from Beta include the Roman letter ‹[[B]]› and the Cyrillic letters ‹[[Be (Cyrillic)|Б]]› and ‹[[Ve (Cyrillic)|В]]›.

==Uses==
===Ancient Greek===
In [[Ancient Greek]], Beta represented the [[voiced bilabial plosive]] /b/. The name of the letter, βῆτα ''bêta'', was pronounced bɛ̂ːta.

===Modern Greek===
In [[Greek language|Modern Greek]], Beta represents the [[voiced labiodental fricative]] v/. The name of the letter is spelled βήτα in the modern monotonic orthography, and pronounced ˈvita.

===Math and science===
Beta is often used to denote a variable in mathematics and physics, where it often has specific meanings for certain applications, such as representing [[beta radiation]]. In [[regression analysis]], ‹B› symbolizes non-standardized partial slope coefficients, whereas ‹β› represents [[Standardized coefficient|standardized (standard deviation-score form) coefficients]]; in both cases, the coefficients reflect the change in the criterion Y per one-unit change in the value of the associated predictor X.

===Finance===
[[Beta (finance)|Beta is used in finance]] as a measure of investment portfolio risk.

===International Phonetic Alphabet===
In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], Greek minuscule beta denotes a [[voiced bilabial fricative]] [β].

== Technical notes ==
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right;"
|-
! description || character || Unicode || HTML
|-
! GREEK CAPITAL LETTER BETA
| Β || U+0392 || &Beta; &#914;
|-
! GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA
| β || U+03B2 || &beta; &#946;
|-
! GREEK BETA SYMBOL
| ϐ || U+03D0 || &#976;
|-
! MODIFIER LETTER SMALL BETA
| ◌ᵝ || U+1D5D || &#7517;
|-
! GREEK SUBSCRIPT SMALL LETTER BETA
| ◌ᵦ || U+1D66 || &#7526;
|-
|}
In typesetting technical literature, it is a commonly made mistake to use the [[ß|German letter ß]] as a replacement for β. The two letters resemble each other superficially, but they are unrelated.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beta (Letter)}}
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