英语词汇“infinitesimal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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When it's incalculably small, when teensy seems large compared to it, then it is infinitesimal. "The equipment was so sensitive that even the infinitesimal dust molecules that swept in with the open door altered the readings."

Infinitesimal is such an extreme description of a microscopic something that the word is used as an exaggeration more often than to describe something actually quite small. "The chances of Roxy going out on a date with Norbert were infinitesimal. She barely even knew he existed." Infinitesimal has as its root infinite which usually conjures up thoughts of immeasurably large quantities or sizes. In this case infinite refers to something immeasurably small.

WORD FAMILY

infinitesimal: infinitesimally, infinitesimals

USAGE EXAMPLES

The economy is nearly at full employment, with prospects especially strong for college graduates, for whom the unemployment rate is an infinitesimal 2.3 percent.

Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016)

The most extreme example is the big bang creation: Even an infinitesimal change to its explosive expansion value would preclude life.

Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016)

Most products are engineered to contain only infinitesimally small amounts of the active substance, which means they are almost always harmless.

Slate(Nov 16, 2016)

1adj infinitely or immeasurably small

Syn

minute
little, small

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

2n (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit

Hyper

variable, variable quantity

a quantity that can assume any of a set of values

单词	infinitesimal
释义	infinitesimal (once / 3763 pages) adjn When it's incalculably small, when teensy seems large compared to it, then it is infinitesimal. "The equipment was so sensitive that even the infinitesimal dust molecules that swept in with the open door altered the readings." Infinitesimal is such an extreme description of a microscopic something that the word is used as an exaggeration more often than to describe something actually quite small. "The chances of Roxy going out on a date with Norbert were infinitesimal. She barely even knew he existed." Infinitesimal has as its root infinite which usually conjures up thoughts of immeasurably large quantities or sizes. In this case infinite refers to something immeasurably small. WORD FAMILY infinitesimal: infinitesimally, infinitesimals USAGE EXAMPLES The economy is nearly at full employment, with prospects especially strong for college graduates, for whom the unemployment rate is an infinitesimal 2.3 percent. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) The most extreme example is the big bang creation: Even an infinitesimal change to its explosive expansion value would preclude life. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Most products are engineered to contain only infinitesimally small amounts of the active substance, which means they are almost always harmless. Slate(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj infinitely or immeasurably small Syn minute little, small limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent 2n (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit Hyper variable, variable quantity a quantity that can assume any of a set of values
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