infinitesimal

• Qualifie quelque chose d'extrêmement petit, si petit qu'il est presque impossible à mesurer. Se dit aussi d'une quantité ou d'un écart négligeable, infiniment proche de zéro.

Describes something that is extremely small, so small as to be almost impossible to measure.

1. Extremely smallC1formal

   Immeasurably or incalculably small; minute.

   Infiniment petit

   • The difference in their scores was infinitesimal.
   • Scientists study infinitesimal particles in quantum physics.
   • There is an infinitesimal chance of that happening.

   Synonymesimperceptiblemicroscopicminusculeminutenegligibletiny

   Antonymescolossalenormousgigantichugeimmensevast

• Substantif désignant une quantité ou une valeur extrêmement petite, imperceptiblement minuscule, souvent utilisée dans les contextes mathématiques et scientifiques.

A noun referring to an extremely small, immeasurably tiny quantity or amount, often used in mathematics and scientific contexts.

1. Extremely small quantityC2formal

   An amount or thing that is infinitely or immeasurably small.

   quantité infinitésimale

   • In calculus, we often deal with infinitesimals to understand change.
   • The difference between the two measurements was an infinitesimal.
   • He argued that the error was an infinitesimal and could be ignored.

   Synonymesatombitiotajotmiteparticlescintillaspecktriflewhit

   Antonymesimmensityinfiniteinfinity