infinitesimally








adjective

  1. indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
  2. immeasurably small; less than an assignable quantity: to an infinitesimal degree.
  3. of, relating to, or involving infinitesimals.

noun

  1. an infinitesimal quantity.
  2. Mathematics. a variable having zero as a limit.

adjective

  1. infinitely or immeasurably small
  2. maths of, relating to, or involving a small change in the value of a variable that approaches zero as a limit

noun

  1. maths an infinitesimal quantity
adj.

1710 (1650s as a noun), “infinitely small,” from Modern Latin infinitesimus, from Latin infinitus “infinite” (see infinite) + -esimus, as in centesimus “hundredth.” Related: Infinitesimally.

Adjective

  1. Capable of having values approaching zero as a limit.

Noun

  1. A function or variable continuously approaching zero as a limit.
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