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'''Beta''' may refer to:
*[[Beta (letter)|Beta]] (β), the second letter of the Greek alphabet
In '''finance''':
* [[Beta coefficient]] in [[Capital Asset Pricing Model]]
In '''mathematics''':
* [[Beta function]] in mathematics
* [[Beta distribution]] in statistics
* [[Type_I_and_type_II_errors#False_negative_rate]] in statistics
* [[Standardized coefficient]] in statistics, also sometimes known as beta coefficient
In '''physics''':
* [[Beta (velocity)]] in special relativity
* [[Beta (plasma physics)]], a plasma's ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure
* [[Beta-function]] in quantum field theory
* [[Beta particle]] in subatomic physics
* [[Thermodynamic beta]] in thermodynamics/statistical mechanics
* [[Compressibility]] or β, a measure of the relative volume change of a fluid or solid as a response to a pressure change
In '''life sciences''':
* [[Beta (plant)]], a genus of flowering plants, the "beets"
* [[Beta (biology)]], a rank in a community of social animals
* [[Beta-endorphin]]
* [[Beta movement]] in visual psychology
* [[Beta carbon]] in organic chemistry
* [[Beta cell]] in anatomy that produces insulin
* [[Beta sheet]], a secondary protein structure.
In '''technology''':
* [[BETA]] programming language
* [[Beta (time signal)]]
* [[Beta (motorcycle manufacturer)]], an Italian off-road motorcycle manufacture
* [[Lancia Beta]], a car or vehicle
* [[Betamax]] or [[Betacam]], videotape formats
* [[Software release life cycle#Beta|Betaware]], software released to a limited amount of users for testing before official release.
* Transistor "beta", is current gain of a [[Bipolar junction transistor#Transistor 'alpha' and 'beta'|bipolar junction transistor]]
* Beta angle, the angle between the orbital plane and a line drawn from the Sun to the Earth.[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/feedback/expert/answer/mcc/sts-113/11_23_20_01_179.html]
In '''media''':
* [[Beta (film)|''Beta'' (film)]], 1992 Bollywood film directed by Indra Kumar
* ''[[Beta (Magic: The Gathering)]]'' a card game set
* [[B3ta]], a British humour webcommunity
* [[Beta reader]], a person who assists in the production of fiction
* [[Beta Recordings]], a record label
* Beta, a caste in Aldous Huxley's [[Brave New World#Fordism and Society|''Brave New World'']]
* BETA, an organization in the 1986 TV series ''[[The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers#BETA|The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]''
* In the [[Earthbound (series)|Earthbound]], or Mother, series of [[Nintendo]] [[RPG]] games by [[Shigesato Itoi]], β (along with other Greek letters) is used as a classification of the strength of a PSI technique.
In '''geography''':
* [[Beta, Harghita]], a village in the commune of [[Mugeni]], Harghita County, Romania
In '''computer science'''
*[[lambda calculus#β-reduction|beta reduction]] a reduction rule for lambda calculus ( see also [[Beta normal form]] )
In '''other uses''':
* [[Beta (climbing)]], route guidance for rock climbers
* [[Hurricane Beta (2005)]]
* [[National Beta Club]], a high school honor society
* [[Voiced bilabial fricative]] in the International Phonetic Alphabet
* [[Socionics#Quadras|Beta quadra]], in Socionics
* [[Beta coefficient]], in Finance
==People with the given or family name Beta==
* Beta Mechazawa, a character from [[Cromartie High School]]
==See also==
* [[ß]], a German letter that resembles β
* ''[[Betta]]'', a genus of fish, often misspelled ''Beta''
* [[Beta Theta Pi]] fraternity, nicknamed "Beta"
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