zeta

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈziːtə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(zā′tə, zē′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ze•ta  (zā′tə, zē′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
  • Greek zêta
  • 1820–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
zeta / ˈziːtə/
  1. the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ), a consonant, transliterated as z
Etymology: from Greek, of Semitic origin; compare Hebrew sādhē
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ZETA / ˈziːtə/
  1. a torus-shaped apparatus used for research in the 1950s and early 1960s on controlled thermonuclear reactions and plasma physics
Etymology: 20th Century: from z(ero-)e(nergy) t(hermonuclear) a(pparatus)
'zeta' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Vega - Zeta-Jones - cedilla - zed

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