EGAVE

theta

About 0.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ.
  2. noun The measure of an angle.
  3. noun Pitch angle; the angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and the horizontal plane.
  4. noun The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".
  5. noun Designating a level of brain activity as measured by electroencephalography having a frequency of between four and seven cycles per second (associated with drowsiness in adults).
  6. noun The voiceless dental fricative represented by θ.

Similar words

phi iota thee upsilon tythe thetatron tetragram tetractys tau cross

Often followed by

pi chi delta phi and activity rhythm tau waves

Word family

theta rhythm thetas

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