iota

(ī-ō'tə)
n.

1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. A very small amount; a bit: not an iota of truth to that tale.

[Latin iōta, from Greek, of Phoenician origin.]

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Very small or insignificant quantity.

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noun

1. A tiny amount: bit¹, crumb, dab¹, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap¹, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. Chiefly British spot. See big/small/amount.
2. The least bit: hoot, jot, ounce, shred, whit. Informal damn, rap². Slang diddly. See big/small/amount.

n

Definition: small bit
Antonyms: lot

IN BRIEF: A small or insignificant mark or part.

After I decided to be an artist, the first thing that I had to believe was that I, a black woman, could penetrate the art scene, and that, further, I could do so without sacrificing one iota of my blackness or my femaleness or my humanity. — Faith Ringgold, African American painter and sculptor.

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symbol: ι (lower case) or Ι (upper case); the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. For uses see Greek alphabet.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagatel, tøddel, jota

Nederlands (Dutch)
jota

Français (French)
n. - (lit) iota, (fig) once, iota

Deutsch (German)
n. - Jota

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (το ελληνικό γράμμα) γιώτα, ιώτα, (μτφ.) κεραία, ελάχιστη ποσότητα, τίποτα

Italiano (Italian)
iota (lettera greca), un briciolo, una virgola (in espress. idiom.)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - iota (f) (letra grega)

Русский (Russian)
йота (буква греческого алфавита), мельчайшая доля

Español (Spanish)
n. - pizca, ápice, novena letra del alfabeto griego

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (grekiska bokstaven) iota, jota (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
希腊语字母第九个, 极微小

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 希臘語字母第九個, 極微小

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그리스어 알파벳의 아홉번째 글자, 아주 조금

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イオータ, 微少

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الحرف التاسع في الأبجديه اليونانيه, ذرة, مقدار ضئيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שמץ, כהוא-זה, יוטה (אות יוונית)‬

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