iota
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
iota /ʌɪˈəʊtə/
▶noun
- 1 the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), transliterated as ‘i’.
- 2 an extremely small amount: nothing she said seemed to make an iota of difference.
– origin from Gk iōta; sense 2 derives from iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet (cf. jot).
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