beta function

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noun Mathematics.

a function of two variables, usually expressed as an improper integral and equal to the quotient of the product of the values of the gamma function at each variable divided by the value of the gamma function at the sum of the variables.

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Origin of beta function

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby beta function

beta decay, Betadine, beta-endorphin, beta fiber, beta-fructofuranosidase, beta function, betagalactosidase, beta globulin, beta-glucuronidase, beta granule, beta-hemolytic streptococci

How to use beta function in a sentence

But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters||December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whether or not beta-version wearables are your thing, some technology is just impossible to ignore (or destroy).
Why Every Home Needs a Drone This Holiday|Charlie Gilbert|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The iPad was an even bigger hit, especially as it had a new function that allowed him to play the drawing back.
The Many Lives of Artist David Hockney|William O’Connor|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.
The Fight to Ban ‘Birth of a Nation’|Jack Schwartz|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Openness might be a function of sexuality and gender, as well.
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Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No definite proof of this position has, however, as yet been adduced, and the function of the compound is entirely unknown.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson