About The Word Infinitesimal
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Infinitesimal
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What's The Definition Of Infinitesimal?
[adj] infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Infinitesimal: little | microscopic | minute | small Related Terms | Find terms related to Infinitesimal: atomic | corpuscular | embryonic | evanescent | germinal | granular | impalpable | imperceptible | imponderable | inappreciable | indiscernible | intangible | invisible | microcosmic | microscopic | molecular | subatomic | tenuous | thin | ultramicroscopic | unseeable See Also | Infinitesimal In Webster's Dictionary \In`fin*i*tes"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. infinit['e]simal,
fr. infinit['e]sime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See
{Infinite}, a.]
Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable
quantity or value; very small.
{Infinitesimal calculus}, the different and the integral
calculus, when developed according to the method used by
Leibnitz, who regarded the increments given to variables
as infinitesimal.
\In`fin*i*tes"i*mal\, n. (Math.) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity. |
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