Zeta or dzêta (capital tiny Ζ , ζ ), in Greek ζῆτα , of the Greek alphabet is the sixth letter. In Greek numeration, zeta is worth 7.

Greek Zeta derives from the Zayin of the alphabet phenician.

Z of the Latin alphabet drift of zeta.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation is API|zɛta}} or API|dzɛta}}. The API pronunciation|dzɛta}} being influenced by the traditional pronunciation of the old Greek in the French schools, it makes more erudite, but it is neither better nor worse from a historical point of view than the API pronunciation|zɛta}} (both are also debatable). The word spells Zêta conventionally whatever the pronunciation employed.

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Use

• the functions zeta, of which that of Riemann in Mathematical.

See too

• Zetta