1. beta - Noun
2. beta - Adjective
3. beta - Verb
4. beta - Adjective Satellite
5. Beta - Proper noun
the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
beets
preliminary or testing stage of a software or hardware product
second in order of importance
Source: WordNetIt was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market. Shawn Fanning
Like most Beta Males, he didn't realize that being a good guy was not necessarily an attraction to women. Christopher Moore (author)
When it comes to consumer electronics, I'm a big fat sucker, because even though I know you should never, ever buy anything until the second version of it is released, I just can't resist. I live in a state of perpetual Beta. Susan Orlean
Not that I've ever feared a fight or backed down from one –(Wren) That's the truth. I swear he's half beta fish. He'd fight his own reflection to prove a point. (Maggie) Sherrilyn Kenyon
When I was 16 years old, I assembled a 2.3 million electron volt beta particle accelerator. I went to Westinghouse, I got 400 pounds of translator steel, 22 miles of copper wire, and I assembled a 6-kilowatt, 2.3 million electron accelerator in the garage. Michio Kaku
When I was nine, I was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat and was prescribed beta blockers, which had the side effect of turning my skin green. Looking like Shrek's little sister at school wasn't the easiest thing. Jessie J