Appendix:Polish surnames. Polish surnames are known from the Middle Ages, but only 200 years ago did the inherited surnames become compulsory. The most common Polish names Nowak, Nowakowski, Nowacki, and Nowicki are variants meaning new, Przybyszewski and Przybylski mean he who has arrived.
Beta Waves. Beta Waves, sometimes also called the beta rhythm, is the frequency of the electrical activity in the brain that falls between 12 and 30 Hz and is the state that is associated with normal waking consciousness. These brain waves are classified as low and high amplitudes.
Definition of beta. 1  1 : the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet â see alphabet table. 2  2 : beta particle. 3  3 : a measure of the risk potential of a stock or an investment portfolio expressed as a ratio of the stock's or portfolio's volatility to the volatility of the market as a whole.