infinitesimal
/ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
infinitesimal adjective: incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
Adjective
infinitesimal (comparative more infinitesimal, superlative most infinitesimal)
- 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?
- "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
- Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
- Very small.
Noun
infinitesimal (plural infinitesimals)
- A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
- Antonyms:
- infinity
- 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
infinitesimal meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
infinitesimal in Tamil
- நுண்ணளவு, நுண்ணிய
infinitesimal in Urdu
- کم ترین, نہایت چھوٹا
infinitesimal in Bengali
- অতি ক্ষুদ্র, অতি নগণ্য, পরমাণুসম
infinitesimal in Malayalam
- അനന്തസൂക്ഷ്മം
More languagesFewer languages
- infinitesimal in Kannada
- ಅತ್ಯಲ್ಪ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ, ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಾತಿ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ, ತೀರಚಿಕ್ಕ
- infinitesimal in Odia
- ଅଣୁ aṇu
- infinitesimal in Tagalog
- napakalinggit
Examples of infinitesimal in a sentence
- To a real-estate man, it's one infinitesimal parcel of a plot of land.
- To be sure, the epsilon-delta methods arose in part because mathematicians became unsure of the foundational validity of infinitesimals.
- "You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus.
Antonyms of infinitesimal
Forms of infinitesimal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more infinitesimal |
| superlative | most infinitesimal |
| Noun | |
| plural | infinitesimals |
Origin of infinitesimal
From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.
Words formed from infinitesimal
Words that rhyme with infinitesimal
Questions about infinitesimal
- What does infinitesimal mean?
- Infinitesimal means incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
- What is infinitesimal in Tamil?
- Infinitesimal in Tamil is நுண்ணளவு, நுண்ணிய. See Infinitesimal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is infinitesimal?
- Infinitesimal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce infinitesimal?
- Infinitesimal is pronounced /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/.
Words near infinitesimal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: infinitesimal (page history and authors); infinitesimal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infinitesimal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infinitesimal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infinitesimal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infinitesimal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅଣୁ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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