ε

Technical information

Symbol	ε
Name	Greek small letter epsilon
Unicode number	U+03B5
Category	Greek small letter normal

Description

The Unicode character ε, or U+03B5, is known as the "Greek Small Letter Epsilon". It belongs to the "Greek and Coptic" block and falls under the "Letter, Lowercase" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of the lowercase version of the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, epsilon. In the context of mathematics and science, it can be used to represent a variety of concepts, such as a small quantity in mathematics or the permittivity of a medium in physics. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity	ε
HTML Entity (hex)	ε
HTML Entity (named)	ε
URL Escape Code	%CE%B5
UTF-8 (hex)	0xCE 0xB5
UTF-8 (binary)	11001110:10110101
UTF-16	0x03B5
UTF-32	0x000003B5

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u03B5"
CSS Code	\03B5
JavaScript	"\u03B5"
Perl	\x{03B5}
Python 2	u"\u03B5"
Python 3	\u03B5
Ruby	\u{03B5}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ε in sentence and in bold like this ε and in italic like this ε.

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#949;</span>

span {
    content: "\03B5";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system

Apple Color Emoji

Arial

BlinkMacSystemFont

Courier New

Georgia

Droid Sans

Helvetica

Noto Sans

Oxygen

Roboto

"Segoe UI"

sans-serif

Segoe UI Emoji

Segoe UI Symbol

system-ui

Times New Roman

Ubuntu

Verdana

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