单词 | epsilon |
释义 | epsilon[ ep-suh-lon, -luhn or, especially British, ep-sahy-luhn ] / ˈɛp səˌlɒn, -lən or, especially British, ɛpˈsaɪ lən / nounthe fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (E, ε). the consonant sound represented by this letter. Mathematics. an arbitrarily small quantity, used to indicate that a given quantity is small, or close to zero. Origin of epsilonFirst recorded in 1400–50; from Greek e psīlón “bare, simple e” (as opposed to diphthongal spellings which in later Greek represented the same sound) Words nearby epsilonEPR, E-Prime, EPROM, eprosartan mesylate, EPS, epsilon, epsilon-delta, epsilon-neighborhood, Epsom, epsomite, Epsom salt Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for epsilonBritish Dictionary definitions for epsilon (1 of 2)epsilon / (ˈɛpsɪˌlɒn, ɛpˈsaɪlən) / nounthe fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ε, ε), a short vowel, transliterated as e Word Origin for epsilonGreek e psilon, literally: simple e British Dictionary definitions for epsilon (2 of 2)Epsilon / (ˈɛpsɪˌlɒn, ɛpˈsaɪlən) / noun(foll by the genitive case of a specified constellation) the fifth brightest star in a constellationEpsilon Aurigae Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for epsilon (1 of 2)epsilon [ ĕp′sə-lŏn′, -lən ] n.The fifth letter of the Greek alphabet. The fifth in a series. adj.Of or relating to the fifth member of a particular ordered set. Relating to or characterizing a polypeptide chain that is one of five types of heavy chains present in immunoglobins. Medical definitions for epsilon (2 of 2)ε The Greek letter epsilon. Entries beginning with this character are alphabetized under epsilon. The symbol formolar absorption coefficient The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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