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
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