Epsilon

Epsilon (uppercase/lowercase Ε ε), also referred to as e for short, is the letter of the Greek alphabet, used to represent the short "e" sound in Ancient and Modern Greek. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 5. Letters that came from it include the Roman E and Cyrillic Е. It is also used in calculus to represent a very small number (particularly in proofs involving limit). In set theory, a typographical variant of epsilon can be used to represent the statement "a is a member of set A" (symbolically [math]\displaystyle{ a \in A }[/math]).

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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
Other letters
Ϝϝ	Digamma	Ⱶⱶ	Heta
Ϻϻ	San	Ϙϙ	Koppa
Ϡϡ	Sampi	Ϛϛ	Stigma
Ϸϸ	Sho
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(A little fact: The Ypsilon is the only letter of the alphabet that you can divide into syllables: Y-psi-lon)

Epsilon Media

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  Phoenician letter he

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  Phoenician letter he

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Epsilon.

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Epsilon.

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Beta.

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Beta.

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Epsilon.

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Beta.

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  One epigraphic letter shape of ancient Greek letter Eta.

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  Glyph of Greek letter Epsilon in ancient uncial handwriting, based on the writing style of Papyrus 39.

Related pages

• Delta
• Limit of a sequence, where epsilon is used