iota (definition)

(definition) by Webster 1913

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I*o"ta (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. . See Jot.]

The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (ι) corresponding with the English i.

A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.

<-- from iota being the smallest letter -->

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.