infinitesimal Meaning and Definition
1. n. (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
2. s. infinitely or immeasurably small
In mathematics, infinitesimals are things so small that there is no way to measure them. The insight with exploiting infinitesimals was that entities could still retain certain specific properties, such as angle or slope, even though these entities were quantitatively small.
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