tə, ˈzi- noun
1.
the sixth letter of the greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
2.
the consonant sound represented by this letter.
Origin:
1820–30; < Greek zêta
1820–30; < Greek zêta
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zeta (ˈziːtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ), a consonant, transliterated as z | |
| [from Greek, of Semitic origin; compare Hebrew sādhē] | |
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| Zeta (ˈziːtə) | |
| —n | |
| (foll by the genitive case of a specified constellation) the sixth brightest star in a constellation: Zeta Tauri | |
| ZETA (ˈziːtə) | |
| —n | |
| a torus-shaped apparatus used for research in the 1950s and early 1960s on controlled thermonuclear reactions and plasma physics | |
| [C20: from z(ero-)e(nergy) t(hermonuclear) a(pparatus)] | |
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Medical Dictionary
zeta ze·ta (zā'tə, zē'-)
n.
Symbol ζ The sixth letter of the greek alphabet.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| ZETA zero energy thermonuclear assembly |
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The new monastery became the domicile of the zeta metropolitan.
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