infinitesimal

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
3. (informal) Very small.

Noun

A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).

Concepts

infinitésimal

infiniment petit

microscopique

minuscule

minute

infime

Synonymes

minute

microscopic

tiny

spacious

trifling

infinitesimality

extremely small

infinitely small

evanescent

minute quantity

lilliputian

microscopical

Traductions

infinitesimal

απειροελάχιστος

winzig

verschwindend

unendlich kleine Größe

infinitesimale

metodes infinitesimals

microscòpic

تفاضلي

Winzigkeit

sehr kleine Dinge

unbedeutende Menge

sehr kleine Menge

infinitesimal

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Learned borrowing from New Latin īnfīnītēsimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.