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infinitesimal
- /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
Rhymes with -ɛsɪməl
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From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.
adjective more infinitesimal · most infinitesimal
- Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?
- Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
- Very small.
noun infinitesimals
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A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
Opposite: infinity
- Something infinitesimally small. It occurred to the hearer, who was accustomed to glean much of his knowledge from the infinitesimals of tone, that there was a spice of "It is my duty and I will" in this praiseworthy resolve which fell short of the ecstatic resolution of the Saturday Nora.
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adj mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero
| Español | infinitesimal |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | απειροστός apeirostós |
adj very small
| Español | infinitésimo |
|---|---|
| Français | infinitésimal |
| Ελληνικά | απειροελάχιστος apeiroeláchistos |
| Русский | бесконе́чно ма́лый beskonéčno mályj |
| עברית | אַפְסִי afsí |
noun A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number
| Français | infinitésimal |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | πολλοστημόριο pollostimório |
| Русский | бесконе́чно малая величина́ beskonéčno malaja veličiná |
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title = {infinitesimal},
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