"infinitesimal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/ Audio: En-us-infinitesimal.ogg Forms: more infinitesimal [comparative], most infinitesimal [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin *infinitesimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|*infinitesimus}} Learned borrowing from Latin *infinitesimus Head templates: {{en-adj}} infinitesimal (comparative more infinitesimal, superlative most infinitesimal)
  1. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. Categories (topical): Calculus
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  2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero): клонящ към нула (klonjašt kǎm nula) (Bulgarian), infinitezimální (Czech), infinitesimaalinen (Finnish), απειροστός (apeirostós) [masculine] (Greek), nieskończenie mały [masculine] (Polish), napakalinggit (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-infinitesimal-en-adj-njnPjqF4 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: pertaining to values that approach zero': 0 100 0
  3. (informal) Very small. Tags: informal Translations (very small): безкрайно малък (bezkrajno malǎk) (Bulgarian), nepatrný (Czech), infinitesimaal [jargon] (Dutch), oneindig klein [colloquial] (Dutch), äärettömän pieni (Finnish), infinitesimaalinen (Finnish), infinitésimal (French), απειροελάχιστος (apeiroeláchistos) [masculine] (Greek), אַפְסִי (afsí) [masculine] (Hebrew), merowhetau (Maori), nieskończenie mały [masculine] (Polish), бесконе́чно ма́лый (beskonéčno mályj) (Russian), инфинитезималан (Serbo-Croatian), napakalinggit (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-infinitesimal-en-adj-bimYmetD Disambiguation of 'very small': 9 0 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: infinitesimal analysis

Noun

IPA: /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/ Audio: En-us-infinitesimal.ogg Forms: infinitesimals [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin *infinitesimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|*infinitesimus}} Learned borrowing from Latin *infinitesimus Head templates: {{en-noun}} infinitesimal (plural infinitesimals)
  1. (mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number). Categories (topical): Mathematics Derived forms: infinitesimal calculus, infinitesimally Translations (A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number): infinitesimaali (Finnish), infinitésimal (French), πολλοστημόριο (pollostimório) [neuter] (Greek), infinitezimális (Hungarian), бесконе́чно малая величина́ (beskonéčno malaja veličiná) [feminine] (Russian), infinitesimal (Swedish), napakalinggit (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-infinitesimal-en-noun-MG7mlU9I Topics: mathematics, sciences

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        "Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit."
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        "(mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit."
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        "Very small."
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        "(informal) Very small."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "bezkrajno malǎk",
      "sense": "very small",
      "word": "безкрайно малък"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very small",
      "word": "äärettömän pieni"
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      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apeiroeláchistos",
      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "very small",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "бесконе́чно ма́лый"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "roman": "klonjašt kǎm nula",
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        "A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number)."
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
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}

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