Ε

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The Universal Character Set
Greek uc epsilon.png
Unicode name GREEK CAPITAL LETTER EPSILON
Codepoint U+0395
Δ ← Greek and Coptic → Ζ

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

Ε

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

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[edit] Ancient Greek

[edit] Etymology

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

The Ancient Greek letter Ε (E), epsilon) derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤄 (h), ).

[edit] Letter

Ε (E)

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

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[edit] Greek

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Letter

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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