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From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
infinitesimal
Today it means: Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. Full definition →
Today it means: Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. Full definition →
From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.