as in tiny
very small in size
a soft drink with only an infinitesimal amount of caffeine
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Recent Examples of infinitesimal
The most infinitesimal bit of matter has a span.
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Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
And yet, what on TV is more fun than watching Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell go steaming headlong into a ballroom full of fury and vengeance for some infinitesimal slight?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
To tackle the challenge, the team employed advanced interferometry, a technique that merges laser light reflections from mirrors to detect infinitesimal distance changes.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
These infinitesimal particles can more directly target ailments, though their size makes creating therapies incredibly difficult.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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Christian Wiman, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
And yet, what on TV is more fun than watching Carrie Coon’s Bertha Russell go steaming headlong into a ballroom full of fury and vengeance for some infinitesimal slight?
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
To tackle the challenge, the team employed advanced interferometry, a technique that merges laser light reflections from mirrors to detect infinitesimal distance changes.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
These infinitesimal particles can more directly target ailments, though their size makes creating therapies incredibly difficult.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for infinitesimal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infinitesimal
Adjective
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The plot pivots on tiny gestures involving matters of life and death.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Each impact steals a tiny bit of the spacecraft’s speed, pushing it a smidgen closer to Earth.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But due to the lack of early round upsets, there are no schools remaining with minuscule budgets, and therefore no third-round matchups with huge financial disparities.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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However, that’s a minuscule distinction when looking at the difference in the typing and navigating experiences between these two devices.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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However, their progress has been hindered by dendrites—microscopic metallic filaments that grow on the electrolyte and trigger short circuits.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Mar. 2026
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Amid this vast landscape of solutions, no one can hope to find a precise microscopic configuration that undergirds our particular macroscopic world.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Infinitesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infinitesimal. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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