{"def":{"short":"\"iota\", the name of the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, put (figuratively) for a very small part of anything","long":["the Hebrew letter Yod (י), the smallest of them all",["hence equivalent to the minutest part"]]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet)","pronun":{"ipa":"iˈo.tɑ","ipa_mod":"iˈow.tɑ","sbl":"iōta","dic":"ee-OH-ta","dic_mod":"ee-OH-ta"}}