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infinitesimal
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infinitesimal
1. Maths of, relating to, or involving a small change in the value of a variable that approaches zero as a limit
2. Maths an infinitesimal quantity
infinitesimal
(mathematics)
A function whose value approaches 0 as its argument approaches some specified limit.


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