different between lowercase vs infinitesimal

English

Alternative forms

• (noun): lower case
• (adjective and adverb): lower-case

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??.?(?)?ke?s/

Noun

lowercase (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of lower case

Adjective

lowercase (not comparable)

1. in lower case

Translations

Verb

lowercase (third-person singular simple present lowercases, present participle lowercasing, simple past and past participle lowercased)

1. (transitive) To convert (text) to lower case.

English

Etymology

From Latin infinitesimus, from infinitus (“infinite”) + -esimus, as in centesimus (“hundredth”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nf?n??t?s?m?l/

Adjective

infinitesimal (comparative more infinitesimal, superlative most infinitesimal)

1. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
2. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
3. (informal) Very small.

Usage notes

• Strictly, this adjective, like infinite, is incomparable, so more infinitesimal and most infinitesimal are proscribed, especially in the mathematical sense. However, these forms do occur in informal usage, where the very small (but measurable) sense is most common.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• infinite
• enormous

Translations

Noun

infinitesimal (plural infinitesimals)

1. (mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).

Antonyms

• infinity

Derived terms

• infinitesimal calculus
• infinitesimally

Translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infinitesi?mal/, [??.fi.ni.t?e.si?mal]

Adjective

infinitesimal (plural infinitesimales)

1. infinitesimal

Derived terms

• cálculo infinitesimal m (“infinitesimal calculus”)