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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 io·ta /aɪˈotə/
 希臘語字母第9位元,極微小

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 I·o·ta n.
 1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (ι) corresponding with the English i.
 2.  A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a particle.
    They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.   --Burke.
 Iota subscript Gr. Gram., iota written beneath a preceding vowel, as a,, h,, w,, -- done when iota is silent.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 iota
      n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred, scintilla,
            whit, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
      2: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet