Infinitesimal
Infinitesimal , adjective
[Compare French infinitésimal, from infinitésime infinitely small, from Latin infinitus. See Infinite, a.]
Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small.
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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.
Infinitesimal , noun
(Mathematics) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.