infinitesimal

Definition

Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.

Etymology

From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion.

Example Sentences

• "Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?"
• ""You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus.""
• "Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular verb doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces."