epsilon

See also èpsilon

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← delta		→ zeta
Ε ε Ancient Greek: ἒ ψιλόν
Wikipedia article on epsilon

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἒψιλόν (epsilon, “the letter Ε”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛpsɪlɒn/

Noun

epsilon (countable and uncountable; plural epsilons or epsila)

1. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
2. (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel; represented in SAMPA as E.
3. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
4. (computing, colloquial) A negligible effect.

   Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon.

Translations

name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet

• Arabic: إبسلون (ar) ('ibsiluun) m, إبسيلون (ar) ('ibsiluun) m
• Catalan: èpsilon (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊普西隆 (cmn) (yīpǔxīlóng), 艾撲西龍 (cmn), 艾扑西龙 (cmn) (àipūxīlóng)

• Czech: epsilon (cs) n
• Dutch: epsilon (nl) m and f
• French: epsilon (fr) m
• German: Epsilon (de) n
• Greek: έψιλον (el) (épsilon) n
• Interlingua: epsilon (ia)

• Italian: epsilon (it) m
• Japanese: エプシロン (ja) (epushiron)
• Korean: 엡실론 (ko) (epsillon)
• Malay: epsilon (ms)
• Marathi: एप्सिलॉन (mr) (epsilǒna) n
• Persian: اپسیلون (fa) (epsilon)
• Portuguese: epsílon (pt) m
• Russian: эпсилон (ru) (épsilon) m
• Swedish: epsilon (sv)
• Turkish: epsilon (tr)

symbol for front half open unrounded vowel

• Dutch: epsilon (nl) m and f

• Russian: эпсилон (ru) (épsilon) m

arbitrarily small quantity

• Dutch: epsilon (nl) m and f

• Russian: эпсилон (ru) (épsilon) m

negligible effect

• Dutch: kleinigheid (nl) f

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• Interlingua: epsilon (ia) (1,2)

• Swedish: epsilon (sv)

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Czech

Noun

epsilon n

1. epsilon

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐψιλόν (epsilón, “the letter Ε”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛpsilɔn/

Noun

epsilon m, f (plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje)

1. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet.
2. (phonetics) The IPA symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
3. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.

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French

Noun

epsilon m (invariable)

1. epsilon (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• épilons, pelions, sinople

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Italian

Noun

Wikipedia ^it

epsilon m and f (invariable)

1. epsilon (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• nespoli, spelino, splenio

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ěpsiloːn/
• Hyphenation: e‧psi‧lon

Noun

èpsilōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпсило̄н)

1. epsilon, the Greek letter ε, Ε

Declension

    declension of epsilon

	singular	plural
nominative	epsilon	epsiloni
genitive	epsilona	epsilona
dative	epsilonu	epsilonima
accusative	epsilon	epsilone
vocative	epsilone	epsiloni
locative	epsilonu	epsilonima
instrumental	epsilonom	epsilonima