infinitesimal

Etymology
. Displaced earlier coordinate term.

Adjective

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

Usage notes

 * Strictly, this adjective, like infinite, is incomparable, so more infinitesimal and most infinitesimal are proscribed, especially in the mathematical sense. However, these forms do occur in informal usage, where the very small (but measurable) sense is most common.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:tiny

Derived terms

 * infinitesimal analysis

Translations

 * Bulgarian: безкрайно малък
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:,  oneindig klein
 * Finnish: äärettömän pieni, infinitesimaalinen
 * French: infinitésimal
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אַפְסִי
 * Maori: merowhetau
 * Polish: nieskończenie mały
 * Russian: бесконе́чно ма́лый
 * Serbo-Croatian: инфинитезималан
 * Tagalog: napakalinggit


 * Bulgarian: клонящ към нула
 * Czech: infinitezimální
 * Finnish: infinitesimaalinen
 * Greek:
 * Polish: nieskończenie mały
 * Tagalog: napakalinggit

Noun

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

Translations

 * Finnish: infinitesimaali
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: бесконе́чно малая величина́
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: napakalinggit