Ε

See also Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Unicode name	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
Codepoint	U+0395
Δ ← Greek and Coptic → Ζ

Wikipedia

Symbol

Ε

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

See also

• Ε on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h, “hē”).

Letter

Ε (E)

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

Derived terms

• (Latin (Roman) letters) E
• (Cyrillic letters) ‎Е ‎(Je)‎
• (Coptic) Ⲉ

See also

• Greek script: Αα Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Ηη Θθ Ιι Κκ Λλ Μμ Νν Ξξ Οο Ππϖ Ρρ Σσς Ττ Υυ Φφ Χχ Ψψ Ωω

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Greek

Pronunciation

• The [e] sound similar to the e in bed and in epsilon.
• IPA: /ɛ/, X-SAMPA: /E/

Letter

Ε (E) (upper case, lower case ε)

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

Numeral

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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