1.
[syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
2. the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Iota \I*o"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'iw^ta. See Jot.]
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1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet ([iota])
corresponding with the English i.
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2. [from iota being the smallest letter in the Greek
alphabet.] A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a
particle.
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They never depart an iota from the authentic
formulas of tyranny and usurpation. --Burke.
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Iota subscript (Gr. Gram.), iota written beneath a
preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is
silent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
iota
n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
2: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
Iota
A specification language.
["The Iota Programming System", R. Nakajima er al, Springer
1983].
(1994-12-08)