Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe eighth letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, ninth in Old Greek: Θ, θ. · The measure of an angle. · Pitch angle; the angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and the horizontal plane. · The sensitivity of the value of a derivative with respect to time; the "time decay".
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).
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