Definition of INFINITESIMAL

infinitesimal

Plural: infinitesimals

Noun

  • (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
  • A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).

Adjective Satellite

  • infinitely or immeasurably small

Adj

  • Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
  • Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
  • Very small.

Examples

  • Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin īnfīnītēsimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.

Synonyms

minute

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