Ε

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Translingual [edit]

Greek uc epsilon.png
Unicode name GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
Codepoint U+0395
Δ ← Greek and Coptic → Ζ
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Symbol [edit]

Ε

  1. (statistics, calculus) A small positive quantity.

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Ancient Greek [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Phoenician letter he, from which Ε (E, “Epsilon”) derived

From the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, ).

Letter [edit]

Ε (E)

  1. The letter now called epsilon (έψιλον), the fifth letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

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Greek [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Letter [edit]

Ε (E) (upper case, lower case ε)

  1. The upper case letter epsilon (έψιλον), the fifth letter of the modern Greek alphabet.

Numeral [edit]

Ε (E)

  1. The number five in Greek numerals.
  2. (usually followed by a keraia) The number 5000 in Greek numerals.
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