epsilon
English
← delta |
→ zeta | |
Wikipedia article on epsilon |
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “simple Ε”).
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun
epsilon (countable and uncountable, plural epsilons or epsila)
- The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).
- (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel; represented in SAMPA as E.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
- (computing, colloquial) A negligible effect.
- Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon.
- (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
Hypernyms
- (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)
Translations
name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet
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symbol for front half open unrounded vowel
arbitrarily small quantity
negligible effect
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Anagrams
Czech
Noun
epsilon n
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐψιλόν (epsilón, “the letter Ε”).
Pronunciation
Noun
epsilon m or f (plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje n)
- The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- (phonetics) The IPA symbol that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
Finnish
Εε | Previous: | delta |
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Next: | zeeta |
Etymology
< Ancient Greek ἒψιλόν (èpsilón).
Pronunciation
Noun
epsilon
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Declension
Inflection of epsilon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | epsilon | epsilonit | ||
genitive | epsilonin | epsilonien | ||
partitive | epsilonia | epsiloneja | ||
illative | epsiloniin | epsiloneihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | epsilon | epsilonit | ||
accusative | nom. | epsilon | epsilonit | |
gen. | epsilonin | |||
genitive | epsilonin | epsilonien | ||
partitive | epsilonia | epsiloneja | ||
inessive | epsilonissa | epsiloneissa | ||
elative | epsilonista | epsiloneista | ||
illative | epsiloniin | epsiloneihin | ||
adessive | epsilonilla | epsiloneilla | ||
ablative | epsilonilta | epsiloneilta | ||
allative | epsilonille | epsiloneille | ||
essive | epsilonina | epsiloneina | ||
translative | epsiloniksi | epsiloneiksi | ||
abessive | epsilonitta | epsiloneitta | ||
instructive | — | epsilonein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Pronunciation
Noun
epsilon m (plural epsilon)
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Further reading
- “epsilon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
epsilon m or f (uncountable)
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Anagrams
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
èpsilōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпсило̄н)
Declension
Declension of epsilon
singular | plural | |
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nominative | epsilon | epsiloni |
genitive | epsilona | epsilona |
dative | epsilonu | epsilonima |
accusative | epsilon | epsilone |
vocative | epsilone | epsiloni |
locative | epsilonu | epsilonima |
instrumental | epsilonom | epsilonima |
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