infinitesimal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
Very small.

noun

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

/ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/ En-us-infinitesimal.ogg

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From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.

infinite enormous infinity

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