"epsilon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛpˈsaɪ.lən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛp.sɪˌlɑn/ [General-American], /ˈɛp.sɪ.lən/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-epsilon.ogg [US] Forms: epsilons [plural], epsila [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “simple Ε”). Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|grc|ἒ ψιλόν||simple Ε}} Ancient Greek ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón, “simple Ε”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|epsila}} epsilon (countable and uncountable, plural epsilons or epsila)
  1. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Greek letter names Translations (name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet): εἶ (eî) (english: early) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ἒ ψιλόν (è psilón) (english: late) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), إِبْسِلُون (ʔibsilūn) [masculine] (Arabic), إِبْسِيلُون (ʔibsilūn) [masculine] (Arabic), épsilon [feminine] (Asturian), е́псилон (épsilon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), èpsilon [feminine] (Catalan), 伊普西隆 (yīpǔxīlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 艾撲西龍 (Chinese Mandarin), 艾扑西龙 (àipūxīlóng) (Chinese Mandarin), epsilon [neuter] (Czech), epsilon [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), epsilono (Esperanto), epsilon (Finnish), epsilon [masculine] (French), épsilon [masculine] (Galician), Epsilon [neuter] (German), έψιλον (épsilon) [neuter] (Greek), epszilon (Hungarian), epsilon (Interlingua), epsilon [masculine] (Italian), エプシロン (epushiron) (Japanese), イプシロン (ipushiron) (Japanese), 엡실론 (epsillon) (Korean), epsilon (Malay), epirōna (Maori), एप्सिलॉन (epsilŏn) [neuter] (Marathi), اپسیلون (epsilon) (Persian), epsilon [masculine] (Polish), épsilon [masculine] (Portuguese), épsilo [masculine] (Portuguese), э́псилон (épsilon) [masculine] (Russian), épsilon [feminine] (Spanish), epsilon (Swedish), epsilon (Tagalog), เอปไซลอน (ép-sai-lɔ̂n) (Thai), epsilon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-epsilon-en-noun-1CjBh726 Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 57 19 4 4 9 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 27 5 6 22 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 27 6 6 18 16 Disambiguation of 'name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet': 85 4 2 2 3 4
  2. (phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (symbol for front half open unrounded vowel): epsilon [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), э́псилон (épsilon) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-epsilon-en-noun-AgT3yhWx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 27 5 6 22 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 33 5 5 17 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 27 6 6 18 16 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'symbol for front half open unrounded vowel': 6 70 8 8 4 3
  3. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-epsilon-en-noun-Aj9~2kPc Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.
    (colloquial) A small child.
    Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-epsilon-en-noun-ZwQz2q2T Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (computing, colloquial) Something negligible or insignificant. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (negligible effect): kleinigheid [feminine] (Dutch), błahostka [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-epsilon-en-noun-yCQPArdk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 27 5 6 22 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 27 6 6 18 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'negligible effect': 6 10 5 5 68 6
  6. (finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-epsilon-en-noun-9BNhKPfd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 27 5 6 22 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 27 6 6 18 16 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (english: includes list of coordinate terms) Derived forms: epsilon iron, epsilon-machine, epsilon number, machine epsilon Translations (arbitrarily small quantity): epsilon [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), epsilon (Finnish), э́псилон (épsilon) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'measure of derivative price sensitivity': 16 20 12 12 24 16 Disambiguation of 'arbitrarily small quantity': 1 3 47 47 2 1

Inflected forms

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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "negligible effect",
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