THETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theta mean? 

• THETA (noun)
  The noun THETA has 1 sense:

1. the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet

  Familiarity information: THETA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 8th letter of the Greek alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("theta" is a kind of...):

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("theta" is a member of...):

Greek alphabet (the alphabet used by ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

Hemoglobin subunit theta-1 (142 aa, 16 kDa) is encoded by the human HBQ1 gene.

(Hemoglobin Subunit Theta-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Glutathione S-transferase theta-1 (240 aa, ~27 kDa) is encoded by the human GSTT1 gene.

(Glutathione S-Transferase Theta-1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes hemoglobin subunit theta-1 protein, may play a role in the transport of oxygen to embryonic tissues.

(HBQ1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes glutathione S-transferase theta-1 protein, is involved in the conjugation of reduced glutathione with both endogenous and exogenous hydrophobic electrophilic compounds.

(GSTT1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A two-parameter family of continuous probability distributions, with a scale parameter theta and a shape parameter k.

(Gamma Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)