epsilon
English
edit← delta |
→ zeta | |
Wikipedia article on epsilon |
Etymology
editFrom 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
editepsilon (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
editTranslations
editname 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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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editepsilon n or m inan
Declension
editwhen masculine:
Indeclinable when neuter.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “the letter Ε”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editepsilon 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
editΕε | Previous: | delta |
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Next: | zeeta |
Etymology
edit< Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editepsilon
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Declension
editInflection 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editepsilon 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
editItalian
editNoun
editepsilon m or f (invariable)
- epsilon (Greek letter)
Anagrams
editPolish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón), from Phoenician 𐤄 (h).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editepsilon m inan
- epsilon (Greek letter Ε, ε)
Declension
editDeclension 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editèpsilōn m (Cyrillic spelling ѐпсило̄н)
Declension
editDeclension 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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