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Zeta has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet

"The zeta appeared at the beginning of the list in his handwritten notes."

2

The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w))

"The former cartel enforcer was arrested while posing as a legitimate business owner to evade authorities from his time in the ranks of Los Zetas."

3

A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.

In plain English: Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, often used as a symbol for variables in math and science or to represent specific sounds in music.

"The mathematician spent hours calculating complex patterns related to the zeta function during his research on prime numbers."

Proper Noun
1

medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.

"The zeta, a massive torus-shaped reactor from the mid-20th century, was designed to conduct early experiments in controlled thermonuclear fusion."

2

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)

Example Sentences
"The mathematician spent hours calculating complex patterns related to the zeta function during his research on prime numbers." noun
"The zeta potential in this water sample is unusually high." noun
"Scientists are waiting for new data from the Zeta observatory before launching the mission." noun
"No one has ever heard of a celestial body called Zeta that orbits our sun." noun
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Origin

The word comes from the Ancient Greek term zêta. It is a doublet of the word "zed.

Rhyming Words
eta aeta weta veta beta seta ceta deta feta peta geta neta meta heta keta gaeta aveta saeta xueta preta
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