how to pronounce epsilon

/ˈɛpsəˌlɑːn/

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epsilon is pronounced in three syllables

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ɛpsəlɑːn

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An example use of epsilon in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meanings of epsilon

noun:

  1. A negligible effect.
  2. An arbitrarily small quantity.
  3. The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield.
  4. In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel.
  5. The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ).

epsilon frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word epsilon occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics epsilon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that epsilon can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

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