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This article is about Greek epsilon. For Latin epsilon, see ɛ.


Greek alphabet
Αα AlphaΝν Nu
Ββ BetaΞξ Xi
Γγ GammaΟο Omicron
Δδ DeltaΠπ Pi
Εε EpsilonΡρ Rho
Ζζ ZetaΣσ Sigma
Ηη EtaΤτ Tau
Θθ ThetaΥυ Upsilon
Ιι IotaΦφ Phi
Κκ KappaΧχ Chi
Λλ LambdaΨψ Psi
Μμ MuΩω Omega
Obsolete letters
Ϝϝ DigammaϘϙ Qoppa
Ϛϛ StigmaϠϡ Sampi
Ϻϻ SanϷϸ Sho
Greek diacritics
Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a close-mid front unrounded vowel /e/. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 5. It was derived from the Phoenician letter He . Letters that arose from Epsilon include the Roman E and Cyrillic Ye.

"Epsilon" (ἒ ψιλόν, "simple e") was coined to distinguish the letter from αι, which by the medieval period was pronounced the same way.

The standard symbol for lowercase epsilon is the lunate epsilon ϵ ( in MathML), which has its origins in Medieval Greek.

In mathematical notation, the minuscule open e symbol ɛ ( in MathML) from the extended Latin alphabet is often used interchangeably with the lunate epsilon.

The lunate epsilon ϵ is not to be confused with the set symbol ∈ or falsely recognize as the lunate version Σ.

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.

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

Fictional names

  • Epsilon in Rampant Evil is the name of a stolen dragon.
  • Epsilon in Malaysian Pale is the name of the second solo album released by Tangerine Dream leader Edgar Froese in 1975.
  • Epsilon is also an Australian light-powered female-looking robot that fought Pluto in an episode of Astro Boy.
  • Epsilon is the primordial guide of Jess in the young adult's novel The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw.
  • Epsilon Eridani III is the planet that the spacestation Babylon 5 orbited in the eponymous sci-fi television series.
  • E-104 Epsilon is also the name of a robot in Sonic Adventure.
  • "Epsilon 9" is the name of the Federation space station consumed by the V'ger cloud in .
  • Epsilon is the name of an unlockable creature in the game Monster Rancher 2
  • In Greek it is used for Epsilon Team.
  • "Epsilon Mirror" is the name of one of Aika's moves in the video game Skies of Arcadia.
  • Epsilon is the leader of the Rebellion in
  • "The Epsilon Program" is a mysterious cult in the video game by Game Developer Rockstar North. This cult is thought to be based on Scientology. It is also a clan in SA-MP (GTA SA Multiplayer)
  • The Epsilon Project is a fictional experiment mentioned in the Dreamcast and Xbox versions of Dead or Alive 2 and is based around cloning.
  • "Epsilon" Is the beginning of some names of computer controlled clone troopers in Star Wars Battlefront for PC, Xbox and PS2.
  • "Epsilon" is the title of a superhero novel by John J. Rust, published through Xlibris.
  • Epsilon Eridani is also the name of the first planet attacked by the UNEF in The Forever War, a science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman.
  • "Ground Team Epsilon" was an assault team in the game "G-Police" for Playstation 1.
  • Epsilion is a social staus for a group of all most simian people with an I.Q. of less that 50 the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Other uses

  • "Epsilon" is the name used by General Motors for the post-2003 Epsilon platform.
  • "Epsilon Events" is a company founded in 2005 by Dan Craft and James Wilmott, which has quickly developed into the leading EU dedicated conference and event provider.
  • "Epsilon Concepts" is the name used by a company founded in 2000 by Rob Berthume that is a premier marketing-driven web design firm in the United States.
  • Hurricane Epsilon, a storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

References

Greek alphabet
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Cyrillic
Coptic
Old Italic alphabet
Latin alphabet

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Alpha (Greek ἄλφα), (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 1. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Aleph .
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Nu (uppercase Ν, lowercase ν) is the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 50. Its Latin Alphabet equivalent is N.
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Beta (uppercase Β, lowercase β and internal ϐ) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 2. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Beth .
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Xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet. It is pronounced [zaɪ] by US English speakers, but [ksi]
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Gamma (uppercase Γ, lowercase γ) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Gimel .
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Omicron (uppercase Ο, lowercase ο, literally "small o": o mikron, micron meaning 'small' in contrast to omega) is the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 70.
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Delta (uppercase Δ, lowercase δ) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 4. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Dalet .
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Pi (uppercase Π, lower case π) is the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 80.

In Modern Greek, the name of the letter is pronounced /pi/
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Rho (uppercase Ρ, lowercase ρ or ϱ) is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 100. It is derived from Semitic Rêš "head" (see Resh).
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Zeta (uppercase Ζ, lowercase ζ) is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 7. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Zayin . Letters that arose from Zeta include the Roman Z and Cyrillic З (Ze).
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Sigma (upper case Σ, lower case σ, lower case in word-final position ς) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 200.
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Eta (uppercase Η, lowercase η) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 8. It was derived from the Phoenician letter Heth . Letters that arose from Eta include the Latin H and the Cyrillic letter И.
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Tau (uppercase Τ, lowercase τ) is the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 300. This letter in English is pronounced taʊ
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Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 9.
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Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ) is the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 400. It is derived from the Phoenician waw.
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Phi (uppercase Φ, lowercase φ or ϕ), pronounced [fi] in modern Greek and as [faɪ] in English, is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Kappa (uppercase Κ, lowercase κ or ϰ) is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the voiceless velar stop, or "k", sound in Ancient and Modern Greek.
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Chi (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ) is the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet. Its value in Ancient Greek was an aspirated velar stop /kʰ/ (in the Western Greek alphabet: /ks/).
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Lambda (uppercase Λ, lowercase λ) is the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 30. Letters that arose from Lambda include the Roman L and the Cyrillic letter El (Л, л).
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Psi (uppercase Ψ, lowercase ψ) is the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 700. In both Classical and Modern Greek, the letter indicates the combination /ps/ (like in English "lapse").
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Mu (uppercase Μ, lowercase μ) is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 40. Mu was derived from the Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol for water () which had been simplified by the Phoenicians and named after their
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OMEGA is the premier counter-terrorism unit of Latvia.

Founded in 1992, OMEGA cooperates with many other counter-terrorism units over the world. Its equipment and weaponry includes the Heckler & Koch MP5, the Steyr AUG and the Makarov PM.
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Digamma (uppercase Ϝ, lowercase ϝ) is an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet, used primarily as a Greek numeral.

The letter had the phonetic value of a voiced labial-velar approximant /w/.
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Qoppa or Koppa (uppercase Ϙ, lowercase ϙ) is a letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet, derived from Phoenician qoph.
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Stigma (uppercase Ϛ, lowercase ϛ) is a ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, sometimes used nowadays to represent the Greek numeral 6. It is encoded in Unicode as "Greek letter stigma" U+03DA (Ϛ
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Sampi (uppercase Ϡ, lowercase ϡ) is an obsolete letter of the Greek alphabet and has a numeric value of 900 when used as a mathematical character. It may have been derived from the older letter san.
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San (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) was a letter of the Greek alphabet, appearing between Pi and Qoppa in alphabetical order, corresponding in position to the Phoenician Tsade , but its name comes from Shin.
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Sho (majuscule Ϸ, minuscule ϸ) was a letter added to the Greek alphabet in order to write the Bactrian language[1].
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