infinitesimal
/ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
adj
Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.
noun
A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
noun
Example Sentences
- "Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?"
- ""You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus.""
- "Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular verb doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces."
- "It occurred to the hearer, who was accustomed to glean much of his knowledge from the infinitesimals of tone, that there was a spice of "It is my duty and I will" in this praiseworthy resolve which fell short of the ecstatic resolution of the Saturday Nora."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: la-new:īnfīnītēsimus