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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.[citation needed]
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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.[1]
LaTeX
In LaTeX, the ɛ symbol is designated by the token "\varepsilon"[citation needed] and renders slightly differently: 
See also
- Open O
- Writing systems of Africa (section on Latin script)
- Open-mid front unrounded vowel
- Greek Epsilon
- Reversed Ze Ԑ
References
- ^ Asmus Freytag; Rick McGowan; Ken Whistler (2006-05-08). "Unicode Technical Note #27: Known Anomalies in Unicode Character Names". The Unicode Consortium. http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn27/. Retrieved on 2009-02-24. "This is actually a Latin epsilon and should have been so called."
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