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infinitesimal
Infinitesimal (adj) means Extremely tiny, almost too small to notice or measure.
adj
1
Extremely tiny, almost too small to notice or measure.
"Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?"
""You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus.""
— Arthur Conan Doyle (1913)
"Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular verb doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces."
— Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl (2001)
2
Relating to quantities that are not zero but smaller in size than any positive rational number.
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Etymology
Formed from New Latin īnfīnītēsimus and -al. It displaced the earlier coordinate term fluxion.
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What is the meaning of infinitesimal?
"infinitesimal" (adj) means extremely tiny, almost too small to notice or measure.
What is another word for infinitesimal?
Other words for "infinitesimal" include minute.
What is the opposite of infinitesimal?
Opposites of "infinitesimal" include enormous, vast.
What are the different meanings of infinitesimal?
"infinitesimal" has 2 main meanings: 1. Extremely tiny, almost too small to notice or measure; 2. Relating to quantities that are not zero but smaller in size than any positive rational number.
