- The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- 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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n.
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Very small or insignificant quantity.
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noun
- 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.
- The least bit: hoot, jot, ounce, shred, whit. Informal damn, rap2. Slang diddly. See big/small/amount.
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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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This article is about Greek iota. For Latin iota, see ɩ. For Cyrillic Iota, see Iota (Cyrillic). For other uses, see Iota (disambiguation).
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| Αα | Alpha | Νν | Nu |
| Ββ | Beta | Ξξ | Xi |
| Γγ | Gamma | Οο | Omicron |
| Δδ | Delta | Ππ | Pi |
| Εε | Epsilon | Ρρ | Rho |
| Ζζ | Zeta | Σσς | Sigma |
| Ηη | Eta | Ττ | Tau |
| Θθ | Theta | Υυ | Upsilon |
| Ιι | Iota | Φφ | Phi |
| Κκ | Kappa | Χχ | Chi |
| Λλ | Lambda | Ψψ | Psi |
| Μμ | Mu | Ωω | Omega |
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Iota (uppercase Ι, lowercase ι; Greek: Ιώτα [jɒta] Yota/Jota) is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 10. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Yodh (
). Letters that arose from Iota include the Roman I and J and the Cyrillic І (І, і), Yi (Ї, ї), Je (Ј, ј), and iotified letters (e.g. Yu (Ю, ю)).
Iota represents IPA: [/i/]. In ancient Greek it occurred in both long [iː] and short [i] versions, but this distinction has been lost in Modern Greek.
Iota participated as the second element in falling diphthongs, with both long and short vowels as the first element. Where the first element was long, the iota was lost in pronunciation at an early date, and was written in polytonic orthography as iota subscript in other words as a very small ι under the main vowel, for instance ᾼ ᾳ ῌ ῃ ῼ ῳ
The word is used in a common English phrase, 'not one iota of difference', to signify a meaningless distinction (lit. "not even a small difference"). The phrase derives from the introduction to the Antithesis of the Law in the Gospel of Matthew (a jot or a tittle).
Symbol
- The Iota symbol is used to generate a vector of consecutive integers in the APL programming language.
- The name "iota" is denoting a pseudo-constant to represent successive integers in the Go programming language.
- The lowercase Iota symbol is sometimes used to write the imaginary unit but more often Roman i or j are used.
- In logic, the lowercase iota denotes the definite descriptor.
- In mathematics and statistics, a unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase Iota letter with a superscribed caret:
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| Translations: Iota |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - bagatel, tøddel, jota
Français (French)
n. - (lit) iota, (fig) once, iota
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
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الحرف التاسع في الأبجديه اليونانيه, ذرة, مقدار ضئيل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - שמץ, כהוא-זה, יוטה (אות יוונית)
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