from Greek, literally e psilon "bare -e-, -e- and nothing else," so called by late grammarians in contradistinction to the diphthong -ai-, which had come to have the same sound. Greek psilon "smooth, simple" is of uncertain origin (Watkins suggests PIE root *bhes- (1) "to rub").
雙語例句
1. Epsilon lies at the western edge of the constellation.
ε星位于這個星座的西邊緣.
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2. Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
1844年的今天,有影響力的北美兄弟會“德耳塔·卡帕·厄普西隆”在耶魯大學(xué)成立.
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3. The Lucerne will resurface for the 2012 model year, riding on a Holden - developed'super'Epsilon platform.
盧塞恩將重新出現(xiàn)2012年車型年, 乘著一輛Holden發(fā)達'超級'小量平臺.
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4. Epsilon machine, a new computational mechanics, can discover hidden pattern from the response time series.