EPSILON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epsilon mean? 

• EPSILON (noun)
  The noun EPSILON has 1 sense:

1. the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet

  Familiarity information: EPSILON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPSILON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 5th letter of the Greek alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("epsilon" is a kind of...):

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("epsilon" is a member of...):

Greek alphabet (the alphabet used by ancient Greeks)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit epsilon-1 protein, plays a role in both NMDA binding and ion transport.

(GRIN2A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit epsilon-2 protein, is involved in both glutamate binding and calcium transport.

(GRIN2B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes hemoglobin subunit epsilon protein, plays a role in the transport of oxygen to tissues of the embryo.

(HBE1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit epsilon-2 (1484 aa, ~166 kDa) is encoded by the human GRIN2B gene.

(Glutamate [NMDA] Receptor Subunit Epsilon-2, NCI Thesaurus)

Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit epsilon-1 (1464 aa, ~165 kDa) is encoded by the human GRIN2A gene.

(Glutamate [NMDA] Receptor Subunit Epsilon-1, NCI Thesaurus)

Foralumab binds to CD3 epsilon on T cells, preventing T cell activation and may also suppress immune responses.

(Foralumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Hemoglobin subunit epsilon (147 aa, 16 kDa) is encoded by the human HBE1 gene.

(Hemoglobin Subunit Epsilon, NCI Thesaurus)

High affinity immunoglobulin epsilon receptor subunit beta (244 aa, ~27 kDa) is encoded by the human MS4A2 gene.

(High Affinity Immunoglobulin Epsilon Receptor Subunit Beta, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the C-epsilon 3 domain of immunoglobulin E. Olizumab binds to this IgE domain, thereby preventing IgE from binding to its high-affinity mast-cell receptor.

(Omalizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

Pre-TCR co-localizes with p56LCK kinase in membrane rafts resulting in phosphorylation of CD3-epsilon and ZAP70. p56LCK, in the TCR complex, activates DNA binding of STAT5A and STAT5B.

(Oncogene LCK, NCI Thesaurus)