EPSILON

epsilon

(noun) the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

epsilon (countable and uncountable, plural epsilons or epsila)

The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).

(phonetics) In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.

(mathematics) An arbitrarily small quantity.

(computing, colloquial) A negligible effect.

(finance) The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.

Hypernyms

• (measure of derivative price sensitivity): Greeks (includes list of coordinate terms)

Anagrams

• pile ons, pile-ons, piles on, pilones, pinoles, sinople

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