epsilon
English edit
← delta |
→ zeta | |
Wikipedia article on epsilon |
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “simple Ε”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛpˈsaɪ.lən/, /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɒn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɑn/, /ˈɛp.sɪ.lən/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
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.
- (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
- (colloquial) A small child. [1][2]
- (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant.
- 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 106:
- All right, okay. My interest is epsilon.
- 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 edit
- (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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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Translations to be checked
References edit
- ^ Paul Hoffman (1998) The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth, page 4
- ^ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=epsilon
Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epsilon n or m inan
Declension edit
when masculine:
Indeclinable when neuter.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “the letter Ε”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epsilon m or f (plural epsilons, diminutive epsilonnetje n)
- epsilon, 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 edit
Εε | Previous: | delta |
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Next: | zeeta |
Etymology edit
< Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epsilon
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Declension edit
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. |
Further reading edit
- “epsilon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epsilon m (plural epsilon)
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Further reading edit
- “epsilon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Noun edit
epsilon m or f (invariable)
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón), from Phoenician 𐤄 (h).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
epsilon m inan
- epsilon (Greek letter Ε, ε)
Declension edit
Declension of epsilon
singular | plural | |
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nominative | epsilon | epsilony |
genitive | epsilonu | epsilonów |
dative | epsilonowi | epsilonom |
accusative | epsilon | epsilony |
instrumental | epsilonem | epsilonami |
locative | epsilonie | epsilonach |
vocative | epsilonie | epsilony |
Further reading edit
- epsilon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
èpsilōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпсило̄н)
Declension edit
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 |