Iota

n.	1.	The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (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.

Noun	1.	iota - a tiny or scarcely detectable amount Synonyms: scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, tittle, whit
	2.	iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

(language, specification)

Iota - A specification language. ["The Iota Programming System", R. Nakajima er al, Springer 1983].

ace, atom, bit, crumb, dab, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, jot, little, little bit, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, ray, scrap, scruple, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, vanishing point, whit