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finitesimal, a. Math.|faɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl|
[f. finite a., after millesimal, etc.]
Denoted by the ordinal of a finite number.
1861H. J. S. Smith Th. Numbers iii. in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 326 Any term which occupies a finitesimal place in any one arrangement should occupy a finitesimal place in every other arrangement.
¶ ? Erroneously used for infinitesimal, in the sense ‘exceedingly minute’.
1836E. Howard R. Reefer xxxvii, A spasmodic contraction of the finitesimal nerves. |