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4 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: epsilon n : the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: epsilon [see {delta}] 1. n. A small quantity of anything "The cost is epsilon." 2. adj Very small negligible; less than {marginal}. "We can get this feature for epsilon cost." 3. `within epsilon of': close enough to be indistinguishable for all practical purposes, even closer than being `within delta of'. "That's not what I asked for but it's within epsilon of what I wanted." Alternatively, it may mean not close enough, but very little is required to get it there: "My program is within epsilon of working." From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: EPSILONA {macro} language with high level features including strings and lists, developed by A.P. Ershov at Novosibirsk in 1967. EPSILON was used to implement {ALGOL 68} on the {M-220}. ["Application of the Machine-Oriented Language Epsilon to Software Development", I.V. Pottosin et al in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974, pp 417-434]. [{Jargon File}] (1995-05-10) From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: epsilon 1. A small quantity of anything "The cost is epsilon." 2. Very small negligible; less than {marginal}. "We can get this feature for epsilon cost." 3. "within epsilon of": close enough to be indistinguishable for all practical purposes, even closer than being "within delta of". "That's not what I asked for but it's within epsilon of what I wanted." Alternatively, it may mean not close enough, but very little is required to get it there: "My program is within epsilon of working." [{Jargon File}]
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