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noun Theta n. A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qanatos, death. Theta function (Math.), one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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