Lexic.us

Definition of Theta

1. Noun. The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet.

Definition of Theta

1. 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 qa`natos, death.

Definition of Theta

1. Noun. the name for the eighth letter ?f the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek. ¹

2. Noun. (mathematics) The measure of an angle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Theta

1. a Greek letter [n -S]

Medical Definition of Theta

1. 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, one of a group of functions used in developing the properties of elliptic functions. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Qh^ta, the Greek letter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theta

Literary usage of Theta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"(4) On expressions for the theta Functions as Definite Integrals. ... I have recently worked out the expressions for the four theta functions by the third ..."

2. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society by London Mathematical Society (1901)
"Thus every theta-Fuchsian function without poles, of index > 1, can be expressed as a theta-Fuchsian series. If a theta-Fuchsian function of index > 1 has ..."

3. A Treatise on the Theory of Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1893)
"The following books deal with the theory of theta-functions from the algebraic standpoint: Krause, Die Transformation der ..."

4. A Treatise on the Theory of Functions by James Harkness, Frank Morley (1893)
"The following books deal with the theory of theta-functions from the algebraic standpoint: Krause, Die Transformation der ..."

5. The Madison Colloquium 1913: I. On Invariants and the Theory of Numbers by Leonard Eugene Dickson, William Fogg Osgood (1914)
"For p — 2 and p = 3 this number is the same as the number of complex constants in the theta function, namely %p(p + 1). But for p > 3 the latter number is ..."

6. The Likelihood Principle by James O. Berger, Robert L. Wolpert (1988)
"So first of all they must somehow or other pick a theta, and then pick an x ... Thus suppose that theta is picked from amongst the positive integers by the ..."

Other Resources: