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
Withdrawing American forces from Syria would do little to change Washington’s overall military posture, as the current deployment to Syria represents an infinitesimal fraction of the United States’ 614,000 active-duty and reserve soldiers and marines.
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Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
By infinitesimal degrees, the actor reveals his character’s vulnerability, building to the emotional wreckage of a sobering visit to Majdanek concentration camp.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Some bits get altered periodically in a database somewhere, as infinitesimal patches of ferromagnetism on disks or electromagnetic pulses flitting from here to there.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
At $1 per month ($12 per year) this ranges from a mere 0.08% for the lower class to an infinitesimal 0.00048% for the upper class.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 3 Jan. 2025
By infinitesimal degrees, the actor reveals his character’s vulnerability, building to the emotional wreckage of a sobering visit to Majdanek concentration camp.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Some bits get altered periodically in a database somewhere, as infinitesimal patches of ferromagnetism on disks or electromagnetic pulses flitting from here to there.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2012
At $1 per month ($12 per year) this ranges from a mere 0.08% for the lower class to an infinitesimal 0.00048% for the upper class.
—Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infinitesimal
Adjective
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The aerial clash turns so colossal, the fighters on both factions appear like minuscule specks in a flock of birds.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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That said, a minuscule amount of product truly goes such a long way.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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My worst days were spent being transported to the courtroom shackled and isolated in a tiny cage, waiting to be summoned into trial.—
James L. Dold,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Mar. 2025
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For those who need fast storage on the go, the Samsung Portable T7 SSD is tiny, secure, and now 25% off!—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But some were worried that the current turmoil in Washington, D.C., could slow the nation’s ability to nimbly respond when this microscopic threat inevitably gains the ability to cause a global pandemic, potentially causing more deaths than COVID-19.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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These are microscopic particles that accumulate in the air from a variety of pollutants such as forest fires, agricultural waste and car exhaust.—
Claire Maldarelli,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Infinitesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infinitesimal. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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