Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the 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.
noun
- the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ε, ε), a short vowel, transliterated as e
noun
- (foll by the genitive case of a specified constellation) the fifth brightest star in a constellationEpsilon Aurigae
from Greek, literally e psilon “bare -e-, -e- and nothing else,” in contradistinction to the diphthong -ai-, which has the same sound. Greek psilon “smooth, simple” is of uncertain origin.
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.