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
- The chances of this are infinitesimal.
- The expression equals the infinitesimal.
- The difference between the two is infinitesimal.
- But the only infinitesimal in the real numbers is 0.
- What is it like to explore the world of the infinitesimal
- The arrow represents the infinitesimal symmetry transformation.
- All of the material in the star collapses to an infinitesimal dot.
- But the number is infinitesimal when compared to the previous figure.
- Similarly, the symmetry of the infinitesimal strain tensor implies that.
- This equation is just the infinitesimal version of the definition I provided.
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