Greek alphabet
Αα Alpha	Νν Nu
Ββ Beta	Ξξ Xi
Γγ Gamma	Οο Omicron
Δδ Delta	Ππ Pi
Εε Epsilon	Ρρ Rho
Ζζ Zeta	Σσς Sigma
Ηη Eta	Ττ Tau
Θθ Theta	Υυ Upsilon
Ιι Iota	Φφ Phi
Κκ Kappa	Χχ Chi
Λλ Lambda	Ψψ Psi
Μμ Mu	Ωω Omega
Obsolete letters
Digamma	Qoppa
San	Sampi
Greek diacritics

Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε; Greek: Έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a close-mid front unrounded vowel /e/. The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Alpha (uppercase Α, lowercase α; Αλφα is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. Nu (uppercase Ν, lowercase ν; Νι Ni is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. Beta (uppercase Β, lowercase β, internal ϐ; Βήτα Vita is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. Gamma (uppercase &Gamma, lowercase γ Γάμμα is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. Omicron or Omikron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally "small o": Όμικρον o mikron, micron meaning 'small' in contrast Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Δέλτα Thelta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. Pi (uppercase &Pi, lower case &pi) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ϱ) is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. See also Principality of Zeta Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ; Ζήτα Zita is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. Sigma (upper case Σ, lower case σ; Greek Σιγμα lower case in word-final position ς) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek Eta (uppercase &Eta, lowercase η Ήτα) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. Tau (uppercase Τ, lowercase τ; Ταυ) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ; Θήτα is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth Upsilon (uppercase &Upsilon, lowercase υ Ύψιλον is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. Iota (uppercase &Iota, lowercase ι Ιώτα Yota is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet. Phi (uppercase Φ, lowercase φ or ϕ) pronounced in modern Greek and as in English is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet Kappa (uppercase &Kappa, lowercase &kappa or ϰ; Κάππα is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the Voiceless Chi ( Uppercase Χ, Lowercase χ; Χι He is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, pronounced as in English Lambda (uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Λάμβδα or el Λάμδα Lamda is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. For other uses see Psi. Psi (uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and has a Mu (uppercase Μ, lowercase μ; Μι or el Μυ) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet. OMEGA is the premier Counter-terrorism unit of Latvia. Founded in 1992 OMEGA cooperates with many other counter-terrorism units over the world Digamma (uppercase Ϝ, lowercase ϝ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet, used primarily as a Greek numeral. Qoppa or Koppa ( Ϙ) is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician Qoph. San (uppercase Ϻ lowercase ϻ was a letter of the Greek alphabet, appearing between Pi and Qoppa in alphabetical Sampi (Ϡ is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 900 when used as a mathematical character. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Greek alphabet (Ελληνικό αλφάβητο is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early Close-mid front unrounded vowel The close-mid front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 5. ʹ the numeral sign redirects here For the accent ´ see Acute accent. It was derived from the Phoenician letter He . The Phoenician alphabet is a continuation of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, by convention taken to originate around 1050 BC He is the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac ܗ and Arabic Letters that arose from Epsilon include the Roman E and Cyrillic Ye. E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (iː plural es or ees (also written E's E For the Ukrainian alphabet letter Ye (Є є see Ukrainian Ye.

"Epsilon" (ἒ ψιλόν, "simple e") was coined in the Middle Ages to distinguish the letter from the diphthong αι, which started being pronounced the same way during the period of New Testament Greek. The Orthography of the Greek language ultimately has its roots in the adoption of the Greek alphabet in the 9th century BC. Koine Greek (Κοινὴ Ἑλληνική, "common Greek" or, ciˈni ðiˈale̞kto̞s "the common dialect" is the popular form of Greek which emerged in

The standard symbol for lowercase epsilon is the lunate epsilon ϵ (\epsilon, , in LaTeX), which has its origins in Medieval Greek. Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε; Έψιλον is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a Close-mid front unrounded LaTeX (ˈleɪtɛ

In mathematical notation, the minuscule open e symbol ɛ (\varepsilon, , in LaTeX) from the extended Latin alphabet is often used interchangeably with the lunate epsilon. Latin epsilon (majuscule Ɛ, minuscule ɛ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet, based on the Lowercase of the Greek letter

The lunate epsilon ϵ is not to be confused with the set symbol ∈ or falsely recognized as the lunate version Σ. Sigma (upper case Σ, lower case σ; Greek Σιγμα lower case in word-final position ς) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek

Symbol

The upper-case Epsilon is not a commonly-used symbol outside of the Greek language because of its similarity to the Roman letter E. E is the fifth letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is spelled e (iː plural es or ees (also written E's E

The lower-case epsilon, ε/ϵ, or open e, ɛ, (see above) is used as the symbol for:

• In mathematics (particularly calculus), an arbitrarily (or nearly so) small positive quantity is commonly denoted ε; see limit. Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε; Έψιλον is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a Close-mid front unrounded Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε; Έψιλον is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a Close-mid front unrounded Latin epsilon (majuscule Ɛ, minuscule ɛ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet, based on the Lowercase of the Greek letter Calculus ( Latin, calculus, a small stone used for counting is a branch of Mathematics that includes the study of limits, Derivatives In Mathematics, the concept of a " limit " is used to describe the Behavior of a function as its argument either "gets close"
  • By analogy with this, the late mathematician Paul Erdős also used the term "epsilons" to refer to children (Hoffman 1998, p. Paul Erdős ( Hungarian: Erdős Pál, in English occasionally Paul Erdos or Paul Erdös, March 26, 1913 &ndash Paul Hoffman (born 1956 is a prominent author and host of the PBS television series Great Minds of Science. 4).
• In mathematics, the Levi-Civita symbol. The Levi-Civita symbol, also called the Permutation symbol or antisymmetric symbol, is a mathematical symbol used in particular in Tensor
• In mathematics, to represent the dual numbers: a + bε, with ε²=0 and ε≠0. A variety of dualities in mathematics are listed at Duality (mathematics.
• In mathematics, sometimes used to denote the Heaviside step function
• In set theory, the limit ordinal of the sequence . The Heaviside step function, H, also called the unit step function, is a discontinuous function whose value is zero for negative
• In computing, the precision of a numeric data type and floating-point machine epsilon. In Floating point arithmetic, the machine epsilon (also called macheps, machine precision or unit roundoff) is for a particular Floating
• In computer science, the empty string, though different writers use a variety of other symbols for the empty string as well, including the lower case Greek letter lambda. Computer science (or computing science) is the study and the Science of the theoretical foundations of Information and Computation and their In Computer programming and some branches of Mathematics, a string is an ordered Sequence of Symbols. Lambda (uppercase Λ, lowercase λ; Λάμβδα or el Λάμδα Lamda is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet.
• In physics, the permittivity of a medium. Permittivity is a Physical quantity that describes how an Electric field affects and is affected by a Dielectric medium and is determined by the ability
• In physics/electronics, the EMF of a circuit
• In physics, the strain of a material (A ratio of extensions). Electromotive force ( emf, \mathcal{E} is a term used to characterize electrical devices such as Voltaic cells thermoelectric devices electrical
• In automata theory, a transition that involves no shifting of an input symbol.
• In astronomy, the fifth brightest (usually) star in a constellation. Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study In common usage a constellation is a group of celestial bodies that are connected together in some arrangement typically stars to form a visible figure or picture See Bayer designation. A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's
• In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the open-mid front unrounded vowel, (but generally written ɛ instead of ε) as in the English word "pet" (/pɛt/)
• In astronomy, Epsilon is the name for Uranus' most distant and most visible ring. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA is a system of phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet, devised by the International Phonetic The open-mid front unrounded vowel is a type of Vowel sound used in some spoken Languages The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study
• In chemistry, the molar extinction coefficient of a chromophore. Chemistry (from Egyptian kēme (chem meaning "earth") is the Science concerned with the composition structure and properties The molar extinction coefficient, also known as molar absorptivity, is a measurement of how strongly a Chemical species absorbs light at a given A chromophore is part (or moiety) of a Molecule responsible for its Color.
• In economics, ε refers to elasticity. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. In Economics, elasticity is the ratio of the percent change in one variable to the percent change in another variable

Fictional names

• In the popular web series "[Red vs. Blue][1]", Epsilon is the name of the AI assigned to freelancer Washington.
• Epsilon in Malaysian Pale is the name of the second solo album released by Tangerine Dream leader Edgar Froese in 1975. Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. Edgar Wilmar Froese (born 6 June 1944) is a German Artist and Electronic music pioneer best known for co-founding the electronic Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• Epsilon is also an Australian light-powered female-looking robot that fought Pluto in an episode of Astro Boy. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements is a Manga series by Naoki Urasawa published in Shogakukan 's Big Comic Original since 2003 is a remake of the 1960s Anime series of the same name created by Osamu Tezuka, which was produced by his company Tezuka Productions and the anime television
• Epsilon Eridani III is the planet that the spacestation Babylon 5 orbited in the eponymous sci-fi television series. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J
• E-104 Epsilon is also the name of a robot in Sonic Adventure. is a Video game created by Sonic Team and released on December 23 1998 in Japan by Sega for the Sega Dreamcast and is the first game in the
• "Epsilon 9" is the name of the Federation space station consumed by the V'ger cloud in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek The Motion Picture is a 1979 Science fiction film from Paramount Pictures.
• Epsilon is the name of an unlockable creature in the game Monster Rancher 2
• In Greek it is used for Epsilon Team. Monster Rancher 2 (North American release 1999 is a Video game and the second North American and Japanese (where it is known as Monster Farm 2) installment in the The Epsilon Team ( Greek: Ομάδα Έψιλον Omadha Epsilon) is a Conspiracy theory concerning a Secret society consisting of an elite
• "Epsilon Mirror" is the name of one of Aika's moves in the video game Skies of Arcadia. Skies of Arcadia, released in Japan as, is a Console role-playing game developed by Overworks for the Dreamcast and published
• Epsilon is the leader of the Rebellion in Mega Man X: Command Mission
• "The Epsilon Program" is a mysterious cult in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas by Game Developer Rockstar North. Mega Man X Command Mission, or is a video game in the Mega Man X series of titles by Capcom. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is a sandbox-style action-adventure computer and Video game developed by Rockstar North Rockstar North Ltd (formerly DMA Design Ltd) are developers of computer and video games based in Edinburgh, Scotland. This cult is thought to be based on Scientology. Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices initially created by American Science fiction author L
• The Epsilon Project is a fictional experiment mentioned in the Dreamcast and Xbox versions of Dead or Alive 2 and is based around cloning. The is Sega 's most recent Video game console and the successor to the Sega Saturn. The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. Dead or Alive 2 ( DOA2) is a Fighting game in the Dead or Alive series
• Epsilon is the lowest of five social castes in the Aldous Huxley novel Brave New World. Castes are Hereditary systems of occupation, Endogamy, social culture, Social class, and Political power. Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A
• "Plan Epsilon" was one of many plans to restore Doctor Doom to life in the event of his death, as shown in Fantastic Four issue no. Dr Doom redirects here For other uses see Dr Doom (disambiguation. The Fantastic Four is a fictional Superhero team appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. 246, written by Stan Lee. Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922) is an American Writer, editor, creator of comic book characters
• Epsilon-Eagle is the name of the protagonist in the Sega Mega Drive game Alien Soldier. The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 Alien Soldier is a side-scrolling Run and gun Video game developed by Treasure Co

Other uses

• "Epsilon" is the name used by General Motors for the post-2003 Epsilon platform. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Epsilon is General Motors ' new mid-size Front-wheel drive Automobile platform.
• EpsilonEuskadi carmaker ^[1] and EpsilonEuskadi LMP1 car. Epsilon Euskadi is a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters are located in Azkoitia ( Spain)
• Hurricane Epsilon, a storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Epsilon was a long lasting hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season in late November and early December over the central Atlantic.
• "Epsilon Concepts" is the name of a national digital agency.

References

• Hoffman, Paul; The man who loved only numbers. Paul Hoffman (born 1956 is a prominent author and host of the PBS television series Great Minds of Science. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers {ISBN 1-85702-829-5} is a biography of the famous mathematician Paul Erdős written by Paul Hoffman. Hyperion, 1998. ISBN 0-7868-6362-5.

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