Infinitesimal
adjective
Extremely small or tiny.
The food portion was infinitesimal, she was still hungry.
Often appears as...
- infinitesimal amount
- infinitesimal space
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neutral
noun
A very small quantity or amount.
In calculus, an infinitesimal change in 'x' is represented as 'dx'.
Often appears as...
- infinitesimal increment
- infinitesimal quantity
Usage tips
neutral
Academic
adjective
Extremely small or tiny.
The food portion was infinitesimal, she was still hungry.
Often appears as...
- infinitesimal amount
- infinitesimal space
Usage tips
neutral
noun
A very small quantity or amount.
In calculus, an infinitesimal change in 'x' is represented as 'dx'.
Often appears as...
- infinitesimal increment
- infinitesimal quantity
Usage tips
neutral
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Scale of Size
Use 'infinitesimal' to emphasize the extreme smallness of something compared to what's expected.
With his savings being infinitesimal, buying a new car seemed impossible.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Infinitesimal' can be used figuratively to express something negligible or insignificant.
Her chances of winning are infinitesimal, but she remains hopeful.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hyperbole
Avoid using 'infinitesimal' as a hyperbole for 'small'; it means something much smaller.
The artist added an infinitesimal dot of red to the painting, almost unseen.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale of Size
Use 'infinitesimal' to emphasize the extreme smallness of something compared to what's expected.
With his savings being infinitesimal, buying a new car seemed impossible.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Infinitesimal' can be used figuratively to express something negligible or insignificant.
Her chances of winning are infinitesimal, but she remains hopeful.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hyperbole
Avoid using 'infinitesimal' as a hyperbole for 'small'; it means something much smaller.
The artist added an infinitesimal dot of red to the painting, almost unseen.
Pro Tip 1/3Scale of Size
Use 'infinitesimal' to emphasize the extreme smallness of something compared to what's expected.
With his savings being infinitesimal, buying a new car seemed impossible.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
'Infinitesimal' can be used figuratively to express something negligible or insignificant.
Her chances of winning are infinitesimal, but she remains hopeful.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hyperbole
Avoid using 'infinitesimal' as a hyperbole for 'small'; it means something much smaller.
The artist added an infinitesimal dot of red to the painting, almost unseen.
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The beautiful,...
yet we take it for granted that your ears can capture that infinitesimal signal and use it to signal to the brain the full range of auditory the human voice, music, the natural world. How does your ear do that? And the answer to that
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Before Time and Space PIPE...
infinitesimal nugget of space and then something happened triggering the most colossal explosion in history in a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second the universe grew
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The beautiful,...
yet we take it for granted that your ears can capture that infinitesimal signal and use it to signal to the brain the full range of auditory the human voice, music, the natural world. How does your ear do that? And the answer to that
Video examples
Before Time and Space PIPE...
infinitesimal nugget of space and then something happened triggering the most colossal explosion in history in a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second the universe grew
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Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
Writers and musicians are very similar in that the chances of making a life in either field are so infinitesimal. And once you're in, the chances of staying viable are difficult. But there is something incredibly different about performing in front of a live audience, as opposed to sitting at your desk typing.
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Jay Griffiths
British Author
Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled for leap-second dates. But society as a whole neither needs that obsessive time measurement nor is well served by it.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
In a way, the whole tangible universe itself is a vast residue, a skeleton of countless lives that have germinated in it and have left it, leaving behind them only a trifling, infinitesimal part of their riches.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.
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Om Malik
Indian Writer
People pay little attention to banner ads - in fact, everyone dislikes them - and that leads to infinitesimally small click-through rates that make marketers unhappy.
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Rainer Weiss
American Physicist
You think Earth's gravity is really something when you're climbing the stairs. But, as far as physics goes, it is a pipsqueak, infinitesimal, tiny little effect.
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Sidney Altman
Canadian Scientist
It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.
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Oliver Tambo
South African Politician
The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime.
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Tim Minchin
Australian Comedian
I've spent years on stage adjusting the timing of a line to infinitesimal degrees.
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Nick Lowe
English Musician
The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
Writers and musicians are very similar in that the chances of making a life in either field are so infinitesimal. And once you're in, the chances of staying viable are difficult. But there is something incredibly different about performing in front of a live audience, as opposed to sitting at your desk typing.
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Jay Griffiths
British Author
Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled for leap-second dates. But society as a whole neither needs that obsessive time measurement nor is well served by it.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
In a way, the whole tangible universe itself is a vast residue, a skeleton of countless lives that have germinated in it and have left it, leaving behind them only a trifling, infinitesimal part of their riches.
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Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun.
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Om Malik
Indian Writer
People pay little attention to banner ads - in fact, everyone dislikes them - and that leads to infinitesimally small click-through rates that make marketers unhappy.
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Rainer Weiss
American Physicist
You think Earth's gravity is really something when you're climbing the stairs. But, as far as physics goes, it is a pipsqueak, infinitesimal, tiny little effect.
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Sidney Altman
Canadian Scientist
It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.
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Oliver Tambo
South African Politician
The violence associated with the A.N.C. is minimal, infinitesimal next to the violence of the apartheid regime.
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Tim Minchin
Australian Comedian
I've spent years on stage adjusting the timing of a line to infinitesimal degrees.
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Nick Lowe
English Musician
The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.
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