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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 1.2 See also 2 Ancient Greek 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Letter 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.2.2 See also 3 Greek 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Letter 3.3 Numeral

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

Ε

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

[edit] See also

• Ε on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

The Ancient Greek letter Ε (E), “‘epsilon’”) derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h), “‘hē’”).

[edit] Letter

Ε (E)

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

[edit] Derived terms

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

[edit] See also

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

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[edit] Greek

[edit] Pronunciation

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

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Ε (E) (upper case, lower case ε)

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

[edit] 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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