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infinitesimally

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in·fin·i·tes·i·mal  (nfn--ts-ml)
adj.
1. Immeasurably or incalculably minute.
2. Mathematics Capable of having values approaching zero as a limit.
n.
1. An immeasurably or incalculably minute amount or quantity.
2. Mathematics A function or variable continuously approaching zero as a limit.
[From New Latin nfntsimus, infinite in rank, from Latin nfntus, infinite; see infinite.]
infin·i·tesi·mal·ly adv.
Translations
infinitesimally [ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməli] adv
infinitesimally small → infinitésimalement petit(e)
infinitesimally
adv smaller, better, slower → nur ganz geringfügig; small → zum Verschwinden


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Only by taking infinitesimally small units for observation (the differential of history, that is, the individual tendencies of men) and attaining to the art of integrating them (that is, finding the sum of these infinitesimals) can we hope to arrive at the laws of history.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Now, all our lines are EQUALLY and INFINITESIMALLY thick (or high, whichever you like); consequently, there is nothing in them to lead our minds to the conception of that Dimension.
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It would, we reckoned, make four infinitesimally small meals for each of us, enough, say, to support life for a couple of days.
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