Definitions for: Infinitesimal


[adj] infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"



Webster (1913) Definition: In`fin*i*tes"i*mal, a. [Cf. F. infinit['e]simal,
fr. infinit['e]sime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See
Infinite, a.]
Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable
quantity or value; very small.

Infinitesimal calculus, the different and the integral
calculus, when developed according to the method used by
Leibnitz, who regarded the increments given to variables
as infinitesimal.


In`fin*i*tes"i*mal, n. (Math.)
An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any
assignable quantity.

Synonyms: little, microscopic, minute, small

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