drop in the bucket vs epsilon

drop in the bucket

noun
  • Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem. 

epsilon

noun
  • Something negligible or insignificant. 

  • In IPA, the phonetic symbol ɛ that represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel. 

  • The name for the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, ε or Ε, preceded by delta (Δ, δ) and followed by zeta (Ζ, ζ). 

  • A small child. 

  • Yes, we have to convert all the symbol names to upper case at startup, but that’s epsilon. 

  • The percentage change in an option value with respect to the underlying dividend yield. 

  • An arbitrarily small quantity. 

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