"ε" meaning in Translingual

See ε in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Symbol

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} ε
  1. (physics) Emittance.
    Sense id: en-ε-mul-symbol-gE6mt-2G Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  2. (materials science) True strain.
    Sense id: en-ε-mul-symbol-Hcyi3R8M Categories (other): Materials science, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 13 8 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 8 14 2 0 12 14
  3. (biology) Extinction coefficient.
    Sense id: en-ε-mul-symbol-18DPb8~6 Categories (other): Biology Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  4. (mathematics) An arbitrarily small number, usually in the company of δ.
    Sense id: en-ε-mul-symbol-ZVi7NuAA Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
  5. (computer science) The empty string.
    Sense id: en-ε-mul-symbol-umIZ1aBG Categories (other): Computer science, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 13 8 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 8 14 2 0 12 14 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  6. (computer science) Machine epsilon.
    Sense id: en-ε-mul-symbol-2HvY3LdC Categories (other): Computer science, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 13 8 0 8 8 1 0 1 0 8 14 2 0 12 14 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 14 23 5 1 24 32 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
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