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Zeta

Noun CEFR B1
ˈziː.tə

Definitions

  1. The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)
  2. medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.
  3. A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.
  4. Acronym of zero-energy thermonuclear assembly/apparatus (“a torus-shaped reactor used in the mid-20th century to carry out experiments in plasma physics and temperature-controlled thermonuclear reactions”).
  5. A mathematical function, formally known as the Riemann zeta function.

Equivalents

Françaisdzêtazêta
DeutschZeta
21 more languages
Bosanskizetaзета
Catalàzeta
Češtinazéta
Ελληνικάζήτα
Esperantozeto
עבריתזיתא
Hrvatskizetaзета
Magyardzéta
Italianozeta
日本語ゼータ
한국어제타
Kurdîzeta
Latinazeta
Nederlandszèta
Polskidzeta
Portuguêsdzetazeta
Српскиzetaзета
ไทยซีตา

Examples

Zeta of 3 is irrational

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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