infinitesimal (n.)

  1. (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit

    infinitesimal (adj.)

  1. infinitely or immeasurably small; two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm; reduced to a microscopic scale

    [ Syn: minute ]

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