INFINITESIMAL


Meaning of INFINITESIMAL in English

n.

Function: adjective

Date: 1710

1 : taking on values arbitrarily close to but greater than zero

2 : immeasurably or incalculably small <an infinitesimal difference>

– in · fin · i · tes · i · mal · ly \ -m ə -l ē \ adverb

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