Epsilon
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Epsilon is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, commonly used in mathematics and science to denote small quantities or error terms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epsilon canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek letter
ⓘ
alphabetic character ⓘ |
| alphabet | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| correspondsTo | Latin letter E ⓘ |
| denotes |
absolute error
ⓘ
arbitrarily small positive real number ⓘ dielectric permittivity ⓘ empty word in formal language theory ⓘ relative error ⓘ vacuum permittivity (ε₀) ⓘ |
| followsInGreekAlphabet | Delta ⓘ |
| hasLowercaseForm | ε ⓘ |
| hasNumericValueInGreekNumerals | 5 ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeCodePoint |
U+0395
ⓘ
U+03B5 ⓘ |
| hasUppercaseForm | Ε ⓘ |
| isVowel | true ⓘ |
| nameInGreek | Ε ⓘ |
| nameInGreekLowercase | ε ⓘ |
| positionInGreekAlphabet | 5 ⓘ |
| precedesInGreekAlphabet | Zeta ⓘ |
| representsSound |
/e/
ⓘ
mid front unrounded vowel ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| transliteratedAs |
E
ⓘ
e ⓘ |
| usedAsSymbolFor |
Levi-Civita symbol
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
empty string ⓘ error term ⓘ infinitesimal quantity ⓘ machine epsilon ⓘ permittivity ⓘ small positive quantity ⓘ strain in mechanics ⓘ tolerance ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Greek language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
computer science ⓘ engineering ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| usedInContext |
electromagnetism
ⓘ
epsilon-delta definition of limit ⓘ error bounds in numerical analysis ⓘ formal languages and automata theory ⓘ limits in calculus ⓘ |
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