Latin epsilon
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Latin epsilon (majuscule: Ɛ, minuscule: ɛ) is a letter of the extended Latin alphabet, based on the lowercase of the Greek letter epsilon (ε). In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel. It occurs in the orthographies of many Niger-Congo languages, such as Ewe (Ɛwɛgbɛ), and is included in the African reference alphabet. In Kabyle, it represents a voiced pharyngeal fricative.
In mathematical notation, ɛ (
in MathML) is often called "epsilon" and is used interchangeably with the lunate epsilon symbol ε.
[edit] Unicode
In Unicode, the majuscule Ɛ is encoded in the Latin Extended-B block at U+0190 and the minuscule ɛ is encoded at U+025B. It has been misnamed by ISO as "LATIN LETTER OPEN E".
[edit] LaTeX
In LaTeX, the ɛ symbol is designated by the token "\varepsilon" and renders slightly differently:
[edit] See also
- Open O
- Writing systems of Africa (section on Latin script)
- Open-mid front unrounded vowel
- Greek Epsilon
- Reversed Ze Ԑ
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