Infinitesimal meaning

ĭn'fĭn-ĭ-tĕs'ə-məl

(informal) Very small.

adjective

Capable of having values approaching zero as a limit.

adjective

The definition of infinitesimal is something extremely small or very close to 0, or too small to be measured.

When you have only a single grain of rice, this is an example of a time when you have an infinitesimal amount of rice.

adjective

Immeasurably or incalculably minute.

adjective

Capable of having values approaching zero as a limit.

adjective

An immeasurably or incalculably minute amount or quantity.

noun

A function or variable continuously approaching zero as a limit.

noun

Too small to be measured.

adjective

Of or pertaining to an infinitesimal.

adjective

An infinitesimal quantity.

noun

A variable that approaches zero as a limit.

noun

A function or variable continuously approaching zero as a limit.

noun

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

adjective

(mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.

adjective

(mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).

noun

From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus infinite in rank from Latin īnfīnītus infinite infinite

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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