zeta

IPA: zˈeɪtʌ

The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w))
(mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.
(historical) medieval state roughly equivalent to modern Montenegro.
A member of Los Zetas, a Mexican criminal syndicate.
(physics) Acronym of zero-energy thermonuclear assembly/apparatus (a torus-shaped reactor used in the mid-20th century to carry out experiments in plasma physics and temperature-controlled thermonuclear reactions)

Examples of "zeta" in Sentences

For the prefix challenged, a zeta is a thousand exas.
I then looked up and said, "I guess I'll call you 'zeta' now."
Rcd3 (CG8231) is homologous to the human T-complex protein 1 subunit zeta, which is needed for proper tubulin folding [
Well, that may be true of some of the more general zeta functions (like Ihara), but this article is about Riemann's zeta, which is.
Riemann had found one very special imaginary landscape, generated by something called the zeta function, which he discovered held the secret to prime numbers.
He realized that he could use something called the zeta function to build a landscape where the peaks and troughs in a three-dimensional graph correspond to the outputs of the function.
Better would be to link them to infinite series, in case, say, they just heard about some famous problem called the "Riemann Hypothesis" involving something called "zeta", but they haven't encountered infinite series before they reach the page.
In analytic number theory, a multiplicative version of the Fourier-Laplace transform is often used, namely the zeta function, can be expressed neatly in terms of Mellin transforms. of complex numbers to a formal Laurent series then this becomes a (formal) Fourier series expansion on the unit circle.