iota

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Variations: Sometimes the iota is rendered as a "J" (hence, "JHS"), or one will see the monogram in all Greek letters, or with the final sigma in a "C" shape (hence

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

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  • I can't see this helping Dawkins 'movement one iota, and it can only divide the political opposition to the outlawing of criticism of free speech. —  Planet Atheism
  • Steele's selection is meant to position the GOP as post-racist; it's not meant to change the party's approach one iota, any more than Steele's runs for office, or the various runs of J.C. Watts and Alan Keyes and Ken Blackwell and others, were meant to change the party's approach. —  No More Mister Nice Blog
  • "God did it" has never advanced our understanding of nature an iota, and that is why we abandoned it. —  blueollie
  • Not even this changed Israel's self-image by one iota, and it is doubtful whether live Al-Jazeera broadcasts can do so, either. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • Not one iota is added to the proof by interpolating a general proposition. —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin iōta, from Greek, of Phoenician origin; see yd in Semitic roots.

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  1. from Latin iota, from Greek ἰῶτα, from Phenician (Hebrew) yōdh. In earlier English use with extended meaning as jot: see jot.
 

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