Epsilon

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 See Also 1.3 Translations

English

Noun

1. The fifth letter of the Greek Alphabet : ε.
2. (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol that represents the front half open 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.

See Also

• delta

Translations

• Interlingua: epsilon (1,2)
• Portuguese: épsilon m (1,2)