as in minuscule
very small in size
a soft drink with only an infinitesimal amount of caffeine
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Recent Examples of infinitesimal
Winning a race, as Langdon did, requires 1,000 things to go right — from the engine being tuned up just right, to the clutch being up to snuff to control and deliver the power to the car’s massive rear tires, to the driver reacting to a light in time matters of infinitesimal.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Often, critical elements in a story are suggested in a glance, a gesture, a line of dialogue—events of infinitesimal scale but large import.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
In a gigantic state budget of $26 billion per year, the expenses are projected to be under the spending cap by only $500,000 — an infinitesimal amount on a percentage basis.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
The mass is given an infinitesimal push, parallel to the rail.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2025
Often, critical elements in a story are suggested in a glance, a gesture, a line of dialogue—events of infinitesimal scale but large import.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
In a gigantic state budget of $26 billion per year, the expenses are projected to be under the spending cap by only $500,000 — an infinitesimal amount on a percentage basis.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
The mass is given an infinitesimal push, parallel to the rail.
—Kevin Roose, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infinitesimal
Adjective
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Explanatory panels promise various types of monitoring, but the personal data used for monitoring is minuscule compared with competitors.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 June 2025
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Given that there are infinitely many positive integers of all different sizes, however, this number is minuscule compared with even larger primes.—
Rachel Crowell,
Scientific American,
16 June 2025
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Tech has a tiny presence on the Southeast Asia 500, generating just under 3% of the list’s total revenue.—
Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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What started as a tiny general store selling locally made goods and sustainable living products has expanded to include a full-service coffee bar and bakery.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
21 June 2025
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At a microscopic level, preventing hostile takeovers of the usually beneficial microbial ecosystems that inhabit our guts could protect many thousands of people annually from serious illness.—
Gabriel Popkin,
Quanta Magazine,
16 June 2025
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Beech leaf disease is believed to be caused by a particular type of nematode, which is a microscopic, threadlike worm.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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“Infinitesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infinitesimal. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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