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infinitesimal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.

Meanings

1. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
   • Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?
   • Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular verb doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces. 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 221:
   • "You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus." 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
3. (informal) Very small.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most infinitesimal	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more infinitesimal	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

Antonyms

enormous · infinite

Deriveds

infinitesimal analysis · infinitesimalness · noninfinitesimal

Translations (24)

pl nieskończenie mały (very small) · mi merowhetau (very small) · fi infinitesimaalinen (very small) · cs infinitezimální (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · he אַפְסִי (very small) · el απειροστός (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · nl infinitesimaal (very small) · fi äärettömän pieni (very small) · tl napakalinggit (very small) · bg клонящ към нула (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · es infinitésimo (very small) · fi infinitesimaalinen (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · cs nepatrný (very small) · sh инфинитезималан (very small) · nl oneindig klein (very small) · tl napakalinggit (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · pl nieskończenie mały (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · es infinitesimal (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · bg безкрайно малък (very small) · pl infinitezymalny (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero) · ru бесконе́чно ма́лый (very small) · el απειροελάχιστος (very small) · pl infinitezymalny (very small) · fr infinitésimal (very small)

infinitesimal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.

Meanings

1. A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
2. Something infinitesimally small.
   • It occurred to the hearer, who was accustomed to glean much of his knowledge from the infinitesimals of tone, that there was a spice of "It is my duty and I will" in this praiseworthy resolve which fell short of the ecstatic resolution of the Saturday Nora. 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
infinitesimals	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Antonyms

infinity

Deriveds

infinitesimal calculus · infinitesimally

Translations (11)

fr infinitésimal (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · pl wielkość nieskończenie mała (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · tl napakalinggit (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · sv infinitesimal (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · bg безкрайно малка величина (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · fi infinitesimaali (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · ru бесконе́чно малая величина́ (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · mk инфинитезимала (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · el πολλοστημόριο (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · hu infinitezimális (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number) · mk бесконечно мала величина (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number)