Meaning of IOTA
| Pronunciation: | | I'owtu
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- [n] the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
- [n] a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
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| | Synonyms: | | scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit |
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| | See Also: | | alphabetic character, Greek alphabet, letter, letter of the alphabet, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \I*o"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See {Jot}.]
1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet ([iota])
corresponding with the English i.
2. A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.
They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of
tyranny and usurpation. --Burke.
{Iota subscript} (Gr. Gram.), iota written beneath a
preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is
silent.
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| | Definition: | | A specification language. ["The Iota Programming System", R. Nakajima er al, Springer 1983]. |
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| | Related Terms: | | ace, atom, bit, crumb, dab, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, jot, little, little bit, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, ray, scrap, scruple, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, vanishing point, whit |
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