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Theta (UK: / ˈ θ iː t ə /, US: / ˈ θ eɪ t ə /) uppercase Θ or ϴ; lowercase θ [note 1] or ϑ; Ancient Greek: θῆτα thē̂ta [tʰɛ̂ːta]; Modern: θήτα thī́ta) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth 𐤈.
Where the original Greek had the letter θ (theta), English usually retained the Late Greek pronunciation regardless of phonetic environment, resulting in the presence of /θ/ in medial position (anthem, methyl, etc.). This allowed a medial minimal pair like ether:either. English has lost its original verb inflections.
The digraph th was first introduced in Latin to transliterate the letter theta Θ, θ in loans from Greek. Theta was pronounced as an aspirated stop /tʰ/ in Classical and early Koine Greek. [2] th is used in academic transcription systems to represent letters in south and east Asian alphabets that have the value /tʰ/.
The symbol ϑ ("script theta") is a cursive form of theta (θ), frequent in handwriting, and used with a specialized meaning as a technical symbol. The symbol ϰ ("kappa symbol") is a cursive form of kappa (κ), used as a technical symbol.
The IPA symbol is the lowercase Greek letter theta, which is used for this sound in post-classical Greek, and the sound is thus often referred to as "theta". The dental non-sibilant fricatives are often called " interdental " because they are often produced with the tongue between the upper and lower teeth , and not just against the back of the ...
The Ancient Greek pronunciation shown here is a reconstruction of the Attic dialect in the 5th century BC. For other Ancient Greek dialects, such as Doric, Aeolic, or Koine Greek, please use |generic=yes. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:IPA and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA ...
theta functions; the angle of a scattered photon during a Compton scattering interaction; the angular displacement of a particle rotating about an axis; the Watterson estimator in population genetics; the thermal resistance between two bodies; ϑ ("script theta"), the cursive form of theta, often used in handwriting, represents
The word was never pronounced as /j/, as in yes , though, even when so written. [6] The first printing of the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 used y e for "the" in places such as Job 1:9, John 15:1, and Romans 15:29. [7] It also used y t as an abbreviation for "that", in places such as 2 Corinthians 13:7.