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  Zeta or ZETA can refer to:

Alphabet

  • Zeta (letter)
    Zeta (letter)

    Zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician alphabet Zayin ....
    , the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet


Astronomy

  • Zeta Reticuli
    Zeta Reticuli

    Zeta Reticuli is a binary star system located about 39 light years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation Reticulum, and is visible to the unaided eye under very dark skies....
    , a binary star system located in the Reticulum
    Reticulum

    Reticulum is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the reticle, an instrument used to measure star positions....
     constellation.


Science

  • Zeta function
    Zeta function

    In mathematics, a zeta function is a function which is composed of an infinite sum of powers, that is, which may be written as a Dirichlet series:...
    s, in mathematics
    • Riemann zeta function
      Riemann zeta function

      In mathematics, the Riemann zeta function, named after Germany mathematician Bernhard Riemann, is a prominent function of great significance in number theory because of its relation to the prime number theorem....
  • Tropical Storm Zeta (2005)
    Tropical Storm Zeta (2005)

    Tropical Storm Zeta was a late-developing tropical storm over the central Atlantic which formed after the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season had officially ended, and continued into January....
    , formed in December 2005 and lasted through January 2006
  • Z-pinch
    Z-pinch

    In fusion power research, the Z-pinch, or zeta pinch, is a type of Plasma confinement system that uses an electrical current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it ....
    , in fusion power
  • Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly reactor, a British test facility


Computer

  • magnussoft ZETA, a computer operating system
    Operating system

    An operating system is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer....
  • Zettabyte File System
    ZFS

    In computing, ZFS is a file system designed by Sun Microsystems for the Solaris Operating System. The features of ZFS include support for high storage capacities, integration of the concepts of filesystem and volume , Snapshot and copy-on-write clones, continuous integrity checking and automatic repair, RAID-Z and native NFSv4 ACLs....
     developed by Sun Microsystems


Geography

  • Zeta River
    Zeta River

    Zeta is a river in Montenegro. It starts near Nik?ic, under the Planinica hill flows eastwards for 86 km until it confluxes intoMoraca River just north of Podgorica....
    , in Montenegro
  • Zeta plain
    Zeta plain

    Zeta Plain is a fertile lowland in Montenegro. It stretches from Podgorica in the north to the Skadar Lake in the south. It is the biggest plains area in Montenegro....
    , in Montenegro


History

  • Principality of Zeta
    Principality of Zeta

    Zeta was a principality whose territory approximately encompass present-day Montenegro. It was named after the Zeta River.Zeta was first noted as a vassalaged part of Rascia, ruled by heirs to the Serbian throne from the Nemanjic dynasty....
    , a medieval state, today Montenegro
    Montenegro

    Montenegro , Montenegrin language/Serbian language: ???? ????, Crna Gora , ) is a country located in Balkans. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south....
  • Zeta Banovina
    Zeta Banovina

    The Zeta Banovina or Zeta Banate was a province of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of all of the present-day Montenegro as well as adjacent parts of Central Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina....
    , one of provinces (banovina
    Ban (title)

    Ban is a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century....
    ) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
    Kingdom of Yugoslavia

    The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a monarchy stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918?1941....
     between 1929 and 1941


Popular culture

  • Zeta Metroid, species of Metroid from Metroid II: Return of Samus.
  • Z (film)
    Z (film)

    Z is a 1969 French language political Thriller directed by Costa Gavras, with a screenplay by Gavras and Jorge Sempr?n, based on the 1966 in literature novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos....
    , a political film by Costa Gavras
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones
    Catherine Zeta-Jones

    Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Wales actress, presently based in the United States. She began her career on stage at an early age. After starring in a number of UK and US television films and small roles in films, she came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such as The Phantom , The Mask of Zorro, and Entrapment in the late...
    , Welsh actress
  • Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
    Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

    is a television anime, part of the Gundam series and a sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. The show is written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, with character designs by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, while the series' mechanical designs is split amongst Kunio Okawara, Nagano Mamoru, and Kazumi Fujita....
    , a televised anime
  • A Grey
    Greys

    The term Greys denotes a style of alleged intelligent, humanoid, extraterrestrial life appearing in folklore, popular culture, and the pseudoscience of Ufology....
    , a type of alien being (from space)


Publishing and manufacturing

  • Zeta
    Zeta (magazine)

    Zeta is a Mexican magazine published every Thursday in Tijuana by Choix Editores. This publication regularly runs expos?s on the local and federal governments as well as on organized crime....
    , a Baja California
    Baja California

    Baja California is the northernmost States of Mexico of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California....
     investigative journalism
    Investigative journalism

    Investigative journalism is a type of reporting in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or some other scandal....
     newsweekly
  • GM Zeta platform
    GM Zeta platform

    Zeta was the original name for General Motors' Full-size car rear-wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture was engineered by Holden of Australia and was most recently referred to as the "Global RWD Architecture"....
    , a full-size car series
  • Zeta, an Australian car produced by Lightburn
    Lightburn

    Lightburn is the name of an Australian manufacturer who briefly entered the passenger car market in the mid-1960s with the oddly shaped Lightburn Zeta sedan....
  • A zeta key, a tool
    Tool

    A broad definition of a tool is an entity used to interface between two or more domains that facilitates more effective action of one domain upon the other....
     used to drive screw
    Screw

    A screw is a shaft with a helix groove or screw thread formed on its surface and provision at one end to turn the screw. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque into linear force....
    s and bolt
    Screw

    A screw is a shaft with a helix groove or screw thread formed on its surface and provision at one end to turn the screw. Its main uses are as a threaded fastener used to hold objects together, and as a simple machine used to translate torque into linear force....
    s which have a hexagon
    Hexagon

    In geometry, a hexagon is a polygon with six edges and six Vertex . A regular hexagon has Schl?fli symbol ....
    al socket in the head. Also known as "hex key
    Hex key

    A hex key, also known as an Allen, zeta, or Unbrako key or wrench, is a tool of hexagonal cross-section used to drive Screw#Fasteners with a non-tapered shafts and screw#Fasteners with a tapered shaft s that have a hexagonal socket in the head ....
    ".


Organizations

  • Zeta Phi Beta
    Zeta Phi Beta

    Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered fraternities and sororities and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council....
    , African-American Sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Council
  • Zeta Tau Alpha
    Zeta Tau Alpha

    Zeta Tau Alpha is a women's Fraternities and sororities, founded October 15, 1898 at what used to be State Female Normal School but is now known as Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia....
    , Sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Conference
    National Panhellenic Conference

    The National Panhellenic Conference , founded in 1902, is an umbrella organization for 26 national women's Fraternities and sororities.Each member group is autonomous as a social, Greek alphabet society of college women and Alumnus/a....
  • ZetaBoards, the new company name for the message board service InvisionFree
    InvisionFree

    InvisionFree is a free Internet forum software created by Zathyus Networks. It was founded in September, 2002, and uses a modified version of the Invision Power Board 1.3 forum software....
  • FK Zeta
    FK Zeta

    FK Zeta is a football club from Montenegro. It is based in Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica....
    , a Montenegrin football club
  • Los Zetas
    Los Zetas

    Los Zetas is a criminal gang that operates as a hired mercenary army for Mexico's Gulf Cartel. The group is mostly composed of ex-soldiers now led by Heriberto Lazcano....
    , a criminal organization based in Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....


Fictional characters

  • Zeta, a fictional robot character appearing in the animated series Batman Beyond
    Batman Beyond

    Batman Beyond is an United States of America animated television series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy....
     and The Zeta Project
    The Zeta Project

    The Zeta Project is a science fiction United States List of animated television series which first aired on Kids' WB in January 2001. It is a spinoff series based on the character Zeta from the Batman Beyond episode of the same name....
  • E-105 Zeta, one of the E-Series robots that appeared in Sonic Adventure
    Sonic Adventure

    is a video game video game developer by Sonic Team and released on December 23, 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Dreamcast and is the first game in the Sonic Adventure series....
    .
  • MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam A fictional mecha that appeared in Zeta Gundam.
  • Zeta is the name of one of Zim's classmates on Invader Zim
    Invader Zim

    Invader Zim, branded as Invader ZIM, is an Emmy-winning Television in the United States animated television series that was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon ....
  • Zeta is the name of one of Anne's classmates in the webcomic
    Webcomic

    Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website, often exclusively, providing easy access to an audience, though some are published in books and newspapers but maintain a web archive....
     Gunnerkrigg Court
    Gunnerkrigg Court

    Gunnerkrigg Court is a Science fantasy webcomic created by Tom Siddell and launched in April 2005; as of January 2009, it consists of twenty chapters and over 500 pages....
    , although she refers to herself as "Zimmy".


Other

  • Zéta
    Zeta

    Zeta or ZETA can refer to:...
    , a Hungarian wine grape


See also

  • zetta-, a prefix in the SI system of units
  • zeta is also the Spanish name of letter z
    Z

    Z is the twenty-sixth and final Letter of the modern English alphabet....
    .
  • Zeta is also a rare girls/women's name