infinitesimally
infinitesimally adverb: in an infinitesimal manner.
Adverb
infinitesimally (comparative more infinitesimally, superlative most infinitesimally)
- In an infinitesimal manner.
- To an infinitesimal degree.
- His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020
Forms of infinitesimally
| comparative | more infinitesimally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most infinitesimally |
Origin of infinitesimally
From infinitesimal + -ly.
Questions about infinitesimally
- What does infinitesimally mean?
- Infinitesimally means in an infinitesimal manner.
- What part of speech is infinitesimally?
- Infinitesimally is an adverb.
Words near infinitesimally in the dictionary
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