Phrase Hound found 128 phrases and 58 compound words that contain beta. The most common are listed below. Open beta in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 128
- beta versionAn early version of a program or application that contains most of the major features, but is not yet complete. Sometimes these versions are released only to a select group of people, or to the general public, for testing and feedback …
- beta testingA form of software testing, after the alpha testing stage, involving a limited audience of external users.
- Generation BetaThe generation following Generation Alpha, defined as those born between the mid-late 2020s to the 2030s.
- beta testA process of beta testing.
- Beta variantThe highly virulent B.1.351 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
- beta femaleA female that is second in a social or group hierarchy; subordinate to an alpha female but superior to an omega female.
- beta fishBetta.
- beta particleAn energetic electron or positron produced as the result of a nuclear reaction or nuclear decay.
- Beta release
- beta distributionAny of a family of continuous probability distributions defined on the interval [0, 1] whose shape is parametrised by two positive parameters, denoted α and β, which appear as exponents in the associated random variable.
- beta rayA stream of beta particles (fast-moving electrons propagating through a gas or vacuum), such as emitted by a radioactive substance.
- beta chainOne of the two types of protein chains that constitute the hemoglobin molecule.
- beta radiationThe radiation of beta particles as a result of radioactive decay.
- beta functionA mathematical function that is also called the Euler integral of the first kind; it is a symmetric special function.
- Beta IsraelA Jewish diaspora group that lived for thousands of years in the territory of the Kingdom of Aksum and its successor the Ethiopian Empire; they mostly emigrated to the State of Israel after its foundation in 1948.
- beta cellA basophil of the adenohypophysis.
- beta maleA male second in a social or group hierarchy and submissive to the alpha male.
- beta sheetA secondary structure in proteins consisting of multiple strands connected laterally.
- beta waveAn electrical signal produced by the brain while the subject mentally active.
- beta blockerA blocking agent, one of a class of drugs used to treat hypertension and control the rate at which the heart beats.
- beta reductionThe act of beta reducing, an instance of replacing a function call by the result of calling a function.
- beta decayA nuclear reaction in which a beta particle (electron or positron) is emitted.
- Beta LyraeA binary star system approximately 882 light-years away in the constellation Lyra.
- Beta Canis MajorisThe fourth-brightest star in the constellation Canis Major.
- beta-caroteneA plant pigment that is an isomer of carotene, found in dark green and dark yellow vegetables and fruits and important in the diet as a precursor of vitamin A.
Compound words 58
- betamethasoneA potent glucocorticoid C₂₂H₂₉FO₅ that is isomeric with dexamethasone and has potent anti-inflammatory activity.
- labetalolA drug that acts as an alpha- and beta-blocker, used in the treatment of hypertension.
- betabuxA beta male who acts as a provider for a woman who has decided to finally settle down.
- betatizeTo treat thermally.
- alphabetagammaPertaining to the alpha, beta, and gamma positions on an organic molecule.
- betacismA sound change in which [b] (the voiced bilabial plosive) shifts to [v] (the voiced labiodental fricative).
- betaishResembling or characteristic of a beta version.
- nonbetaNot beta
- BecruxAbbreviation of Beta Crucis, a star in the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross.
- betacetylmethadolA synthetic opioid, a diastereoisomer of alphacetylmethadol.