epsilon
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- noun
- /ˈɛpsɪlɒn/
- Specialized
:
épsilon
- Greek letters (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon) are used by modern scholars to identify each inscription.
- mral epsilon
- epsilon nti
- epsilon =
This will be M, epsilon over M Yeah, that'll do it.
- This will be M, epsilon over M Yeah, that'll do it.
Examples
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where a is the interatomic spacing and epsilon is the attractive energy between two atoms.
Academic text (1999) -
If you take one plus epsilon, and I should say epsilon is a used by mathematicians to mean something small.
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Prime is at most one plus epsilon S of X.
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That has to be less than epsilon times OK.
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The change in X is the angle epsilon times Y.
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We now believe that the epsilon configuration is the most appropriate.
Academic text (1992) -
We may stipulate a small margin epsilon such that a sample is said to "match" a population just in case.
Academic text (2001) -
Where the ALPHAs are the parameters to be estimated and epsilon is the error term.
Academic text (1993) -
For example, with epsilon = 0.05 and alpha = 0.95, a sample of 2000 suffices.
Academic text (2001) -
In mathematics, epsilon represents a small positive value that can be used to demonstrate limits.
Compounds
- Specialized
A strong poison made by bacteria that causes severe stomach cramps and diarrhea after people eat contaminated food
- Specialized
A bacterial poison that causes severe stomach pain and diarrhea after eating contaminated food
Surface Forms
Etymology
Epsilon comes from Greek parts e- and psilón, where e- is the 'e' sound and psilón meant 'plain' or 'simple', so it originally meant the 'short' or 'plain' e. That's why epsilon, the fifth Greek letter, is used in language for the short 'e' sound and in math and science to name a very small or simple value.