Infinitesimal: Definition with Infinitesimal Pictures and Photos

1. Adjective. Infinitely or immeasurably small. "Reduced to a microscopic scale"

Exact synonyms: Minute
Similar to: Little, Small
Derivative terms: Minuteness

2. Noun. (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit.

Generic synonyms: Variable, Variable Quantity
Category relationships: Math, Mathematics, Maths

1. a. Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.

2. n. An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.

1. Adjective. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit. ¹

3. Adjective. (informal) Very small. ¹

4. Noun. (mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

1. [n -S]

1. An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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