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epsilon

[ ep-suh-lon, -luhnor, especially British, ep-sahy-luhn ]

noun

  1. the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε).
  2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
  3. Mathematics. an arbitrarily small quantity, used to indicate that a given quantity is small, or close to zero.


Epsilon

1

/ ˈɛpsɪˌlɒn; ɛpˈsaɪlən /

noun

  1. foll by the genitive case of a specified constellation the fifth brightest star in a constellation

    Epsilon Aurigae

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

epsilon

2

/ ˈɛpsɪˌlɒn; ɛpˈsaɪlən /

noun

  1. the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ε, ε), a short vowel, transliterated as e
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epsilon1

First recorded in 1400–50; from Greek e psīlón “bare, simple e ” (as opposed to diphthongal spellings which in later Greek represented the same sound)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of epsilon1

Greek e psilon, literally: simple e
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Example Sentences

A few others made the rogue’s gallery of variants: gamma, beta, epsilon.

Another delta mutation — also found in kappa and epsilon — is called L452R.

From Salon

The statistical term for this dial is “epsilon,” and the bureau settled on an epsilon of 19.61, significantly higher than where the dial was set in earlier test versions that critics raised concerns about.

The second most frequently detected variant is epsilon, first identified in California; DOH documented 2,571 cases.

The statistical term for this dial is “epsilon,” and the bureau settled on an epsilon of 19.61, significantly higher than where the dial was set in earlier versions that critics raised concerns about.

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