(thing) by unperson Sat May 26 2001 at 1:10:29

In literature:


Beta was a caste in Aldous Huxley's novel Brave New World. As the name of the
caste suggests, betas were the second highest in the caste system, possessing physical
and mental abilities inferior only to those of the alphas.

In physics:



In math:


The beta function is a special function related to gamma function.
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