From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Iota \I*o"ta\, n. [L., fr. Gr. 'iw^ta. See {Jot}.]
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1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet ([iota])
corresponding with the English i.
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2. [from iota being the smallest letter in the Greek
alphabet.] A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a
particle.
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They never depart an iota from the authentic
formulas of tyranny and usurpation. --Burke.
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{Iota subscript} (Gr. Gram.), iota written beneath a
preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is
silent.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iota
n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: {shred},
{scintilla}, {whit}, {iota}, {tittle}, {smidgen},
{smidgeon}, {smidgin}, {smidge}]
2: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
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