noun
- plural of epsilon; the fifth letters of the Greek alphabet (Ε, ε)
- very small positive quantities or values
Usage: mathematics; technical
Examples
- The Greek alphabet contains several epsilons in different words.
- Students learned to write both uppercase and lowercase epsilons.
- The mathematician used multiple epsilons in the proof.
- In calculus, epsilons represent arbitrarily small positive numbers.
- The formula contained three different epsilons as variables.
- Ancient Greek inscriptions show various forms of epsilons.