infinitesimal

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
2. Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
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).

Concepten

oneindige kleinheid

Synoniemen

minute

microscopic

tiny

spacious

trifling

infinitesimality

extremely small

infinitely small

evanescent

minute quantity

lilliputian

microscopical

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin *infinitesimus. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.