Infinitesimal
[,ɪnfɪnɪ'tesɪm(ə)l] or ['ɪnfɪnə'tɛsəml]
Definition
(noun.) (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit.
(adj.) infinitely or immeasurably small; 'two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm'; 'reduced to a microscopic scale' .
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Definition
(a.) Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.
(n.) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Infinitely small.
n. Infinitely small quantity.
Typist: Merritt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inappreciable, inconspicuous, minute, microscopic, indiscernible, atomic
ANT:Enormous, immeasurable, vast
Checker: Sherman
Examples
- It was the united products of infinitesimal vegetable causes, and these were neither stems, leaves, fruit, blades, prickles, lichen, nor moss. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Edison finally decided to apply a preliminary metallic coating of infinitesimal thinness, and accomplished this object by a remarkable process known as the vacuous deposit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Marion