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English Dictionary: infinitesimal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infinitesimal adj infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale" Synonym(s): infinitesimal, minute n (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinitesimal \In`finites"imal\, a. [Cf. F. infinit[82]simal, fr. infinit[82]sime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See {Infinite}, a.] Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable quantity or value; very small. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinitesimal \In`finites"i*mal\, n. (Math.) An infinitely small quantity; that which is less than any assignable quantity.