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BETA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("beta" is a kind of...):
alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)
Holonyms ("beta" is a member of...):
Greek alphabet (the alphabet used by ancient Greeks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beets
Synonyms:
Beta; genus Beta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Beta" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)
Meronyms (members of "Beta"):
beet; Beta vulgaris; common beet (biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
Example:
beta software
Classified under:
Similar:
explorative; exploratory (serving in or intended for exploration or discovery)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Second in order of importance
Example:
the candidate, considered a beta male, was perceived to be unable to lead his party to victory
Classified under:
Similar:
important; of import (of great significance or value)
Context examples:
This protein plays a role in activation of cytolysis by natural killer cells, CD8 alpha-beta T cells, and gamma-delta T cells.
(MHC Class I Polypeptide-Related Sequence B, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 2B protein, plays a role in ligand binding interactions pertaining to TGF-beta signal transduction.
(ACVR2B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in the transforming growth factor-beta signal transduction pathway and is essential for ligand binding and kinase activity.
(ACVR2B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in the transforming growth factor-beta signal transduction pathway through constitutive kinase activity.
(ACVR2A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 2A protein, is involved in the mediation of ligand binding interactions pertaining to TGF-beta signal transduction.
(ACVR2A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
In vertebrates, three main groups of actin isoforms, alpha, beta and gamma have been identified.
(Actin, Gamma 2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
They found that adipsin had a long-term positive effect on diabetes, improving blood sugar and increasing insulin levels while helping to prevent beta cell death.
(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The drug helped reduce the amount of Pg bacteria and block the production of amyloid beta in the animals' brains.
(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Metoprolol antagonizes beta 1-adrenergic receptors in the myocardium, thereby reducing the rate and force of myocardial contraction, and consequently a diminished cardiac output.
(Metoprolol Fumarate, NCI Thesaurus)
This bacteria is oxidase negative, catalase positive, does not reduce nitrates, nonhemolytic and is beta xyloxidase negative.
(Acinetobacter junii, NCI Thesaurus)
