Beta vs Lord - What's the difference?
beta | lord |
Identifying a molecular position in an organic chemical compound.
Designates the second in an order of precedence.
(computing) Preliminary; prerelease. Refers to an incomplete version of a product released for initial testing.
associated with the beta male/female archetype.
The name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet ( sound of '''v found in the English words ''have'' and ''vase .
Used in marking scheme: ?, ?, ? or ?+, ?, ?-, ? etc.
(finance) Average sensitivity of a security's price to overall securities market prices.
(computing) The phase of development after alpha testing and before launch, in which software, while not complete, has been released to potential users for testing.
(computing) A computer program in such a phase; a preliminary version.
* 2007 , Michael Lopp, Managing Humans (page 107)
(climbing) Information about a route which may aid someone in climbing it.
(physics) A beta particle or beta ray.
A beta fish, of the genus Betta .
A beta male.
* 2006 , Catherine Mann, Blaze of Glory , Harlequin (2006), ISBN 9781459228252,
* 2010 , L. A. Banks, "Dog Tired (of the Drama!)", in Blood Lite II: Overbite (ed. Kevin J. Anderson), Gallery Books (2010), ISBN 9781439187654,
* 2010 , Terry Spear, Wolf Fever , Sourcebooks Casablanca (2010), ISBN 9781402237577,
(computing) To preliminarily release computer software for initial testing prior to final release.
(chiefly, Internet) To beta-read a text.
* 1999, sqira a., in alt.tv.x-files.creative [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.x-files.creative/msg/29d32d27e61755f2?dmode=source]
* 2000 , Elizabeth Durack, quoted in Angelina I. Karpovich, “The Audience as Editor: The Role of Beta Readers in Online Fan Fiction Communities” (essay), in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse (editors), Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet , McFarland (2006), ISBN 9780786426409, page 180,
* 2002, Jane Davitt, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative/msg/9301606b391212c0?dmode=source]
* 2002, Karmen Ghia, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated/msg/8405f53e8acbb0c1?dmode=source]
(label) The master of the servants of a household; (label) the master of a feudal manor
*c. 950 , (Lindisfarne Gospels), Matt. xxiv. 46
*:Eadig ðe]] ðone miððy cymes hlaferd his on-fand sua [[doing, doende.
*1611 , (King James Bible), Matt. xxiv. 46
*:Ble??ed]] is that finde [[so, ?o doing.
*1600 , (William Shakespeare), , iii. ii. 167 ff.
*:Por . ...But now, I was the Lord
*:of this faire man?ion]], of my [[servants, ?eruants,
*:Queene]] oer [[myself, my ?elfe...
*1794 , E. Christian in (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England) , II. 418
*:Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.
#(label) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
#*831 , charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts , 445
#*:Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
#*1594 , (William Shakespeare), "(The Rape of Lucrece)"
#*:...thou worthie Lord ,
#*:Of that vnworthie]] wife that [[greets, greeteth thee
#*c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), (The Taming of the Shrew) (1623), v. ii. 131 f.
#*:Pet. Katherine , I charge thee, tell the?e]] [[head-strong, head-?trong women,
#*:What dutie]] they doe owe their Lords and [[husbands, hu?bands!
#*1611 , (King James Bible), Gen. xviii. 12
#*:Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe]], , my lord being old [[also, al?o?
#*1816 , (Jane Austen), , III. xvi. 300
#*:Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.
#(label) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
#*ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 601 f.
#*:Als]] oure lauerd has [[heaven, heuen in hand
#*:Sua]] [[should, suld man be lauerd of land.
#*1480 , Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
#*:All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte]] [[their, thar houses.
#*ante'' 1637 , (Ben Jonson), ''Sad Shepherd , ii. i. 36
#*:A mightie Lord of Swine!
#*1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro)'s Æneis , xii
#*:Turnus...
#*:Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;
#*:And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord .
#*1874 , J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2
#*:Lord''''', the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘' lord ’.
One possessing similar mastery over others; (label) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler
*c. 893 , Orosius's History , i. i. §13
*:Ohthere sæde his hlaforde , Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
* 1530 , John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement , 680/1
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , xii. 70
# (label) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
# A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
#* ante 1375 , William of Palerne (1867), l.4539
#* ante'' 1420 , T. Hoccleve, ''De Regimine Principum , 442
#* 1453 , Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
#* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (The life and death of King Richard the Second) , iv.i.18
#* 1614 , J. Selden, Titles of Honor , 59
#* 1900 July 21, Daily Express , 5/7
# A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
#* 1526 , W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection , i. sig. Bviiiv
#* 1826 , (Benjamin Disraeli), Vivian Grey , II. iii. iii. 26
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
* ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 782
* 1398 , John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322
* 1992 November 18, (Larry David), (Seinfeld) , 4.11: "(The Contest)":
# The magnates of a trade or profession
#* 1823 , W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399
(label) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time,
* (Geoffrey Chaucer), Treatise on the Astrolabe , ii. §4:
A hunchback.
*1699 , B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew :
Sixpence.
* 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement , 782/1:
Domineer or act like a lord.
(label) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
As a noun beta
is beta (the name of the second letter of the greek alphabet ( )).As a proper noun lord is
.beta
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Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* * * alphabet * * beta blocker * beta coefficient * beta decay * beta emitter * betalike * beta particle * beta ray * beta reader * beta version * Betamax * betatronNoun
(en noun)- He quickly deduced our goal—ship a quality beta —but he also quickly discerned that we had no idea about the quality of the product because of our pile of untriaged bugs.
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- “I guess in your psychological language of alpha males and beta males, I would be firmly in the camp that prefers the more laid-back betas ,” she took a deep breath, “like your father.”
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- “They want sexy, virile alpha males, yes? But that doesn't come with sensitive and loyal and all of that. That's a beta . A frickin' collie, Lola.
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- She'd always had a thing for alpha males. Not that she had any intention of being bossed around, even if one had her best interests at heart. Her fascination with alphas was that they were a challenge. Betas didn't hold much of an appeal.
Derived terms
* betavoltaic * betavoltaicsVerb
(en verb)- My thanks to Heather; who read it and betaed it. Thank you.
- Beta’ing is time-consuming, so asking a lot of people to give you a detailed analysis isn’t the most polite thing to do.
- The next part is written and beta'd (thanks, Jen!), ready to go but <shuffles feet> I haven't even started what should be the final part yet.
- I had the honor of betaing this story and as I was doing the first read through I had the odd, but lovely, experience when a story suspends the reader in its own rhythm and flow, its own reality.
Anagrams
* * * ----lord
English
(Lord)Noun
(en noun)- It is a pytuouse]] case... whan subjectes rebell [[against, agaynst their naturall lorde .
- Man over men He made not Lord .
- To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat]] [[land, lond.
- Men myghten lordis knowe
- By there]] arraye, from [[other, oþir folke.
- If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord , as Duc]], Marques, Erle, Viscount or [[baron, Baron.
- Princes, and noble Lords :
- What an?wer]] I make to this [[base, ba?e man?
- Our English name Lord , whereby we and the Scots stile]] all such as are of the Greater [[nobility, Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.
- The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord .
- Farre]] excellyng the state of lordes , erles, dukes or [[kings, kynges.
- The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.
- O wityng bath]] [[good, god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.
- The sonne]] is the lorde of [[planets, planetes.
- 1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro) as (Georgics) , iii
- Love is Lord of all.
- But are you still master of your domain?
- I am king of the county. You?
- Lord of the manor.
- Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!
- The assendent]], & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan hows of the [[ascendant, assendent.
- Lord , a very crooked, deformed... Person.
- Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord ’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.
Derived terms
* lord mesne, lord paramount, lord in gross, lord of the manor * House of Lords, Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual * drunk as a lord * lord-in-waiting, lord of the bedchamber, lord superior * lords of creation * warlord * landlord * lord-fishSynonyms
* drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereignSee also
* ladyVerb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)