Associations to the word «Zeta»

Wiktionary

ZETA, noun. The name of 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)
ZETA, noun. (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.
ZETA, proper noun. A medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.
ZETA, noun. (physics) a torus-shaped reactor used in the mid-20th Century to carry out experiments in plasma physics and temperature controlled thermonuclear reactions.
ZETA FUNCTION, noun. (mathematics) function of the complex variable s that analytically continues the sum of the infinite series
ZETA FUNCTIONS, noun. Plural of zeta function
ZETA GEMINORUM, proper noun. A star in the constellation Gemini.

Dictionary definition

ZETA, noun. The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Wise words

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