infinitesimal
IPA: ɪnfɪnɪtˈɛsɪmʌɫ
noun
- (mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
adjective
- Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
- (mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
- (informal) Very small.
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Examples of "infinitesimal" in Sentences
- BTW, "infinitesimal" is an actual word and not made up by Obama.
- Twice an infinitesimal is an infinitesimal that is twice as big.
- Say, rather, "infinitesimal" - much like the snowflake that starts an avalanche.
- That is the one and only actual meaning of the use of the term infinitesimal by Leibniz.
- Bolzano also formulated a definition of the derivative of a function free of the notion of infinitesimal (see Bolzano [1950]).
- This has been achieved in two essentially different ways, the one providing a rigorous formulation of the idea of infinitesimal number, the other of infinitesimal magnitude.
- To Jack from Texas, I know the Texas education system must be in terrible shape with Republicans running that state for so long, but infinitesimal is not a made up word, just do a search, here is the definition:
- Only by reducing this element of free will to the infinitesimal, that is, by regarding it as an infinitely small quantity, can we convince ourselves of the absolute inaccessibility of the causes, and then instead of seeking causes, history will take the discovery of laws as its problem.
- In particular, that potent instrument called the infinitesimal calculus, which Newton had invented for the investigation of nature, had become so far perfected that Laplace, when he attempted to unravel the movements of the heavenly bodies, found himself provided with a calculus far more efficient than that which had been available to Newton.
- In spite of the glowing reports issued annually from various foreign hospitals for natives, and the undeniable good, though desultory and practically infinitesimal, that is being worked by these institutions, we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that western medical science is not making more rapid strides than many other innovations in the great struggle against Chinese prejudice and distrust.
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