zeta — meaning in English

English meaning

• zee noun The American English name for the letter Z.
• zeta noun A letter of the Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ), corresponding roughly to the English "z".

Senses

zeta is used for these senses in English:

• zee The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.
• zeta The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ) preceded by epsilon (Ε, ε) and followed by eta, (Η, η); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ, ϝ)

zeta — full definition

1. noun A letter of the Greek alphabet (Ζ, ζ), corresponding roughly to the English "z".
2. noun Used in science and maths to name specific functions or variables, most famously the Riemann zeta function.