infinitesimal vs minute

infinitesimal

adj
  • Very small. 

  • Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. 

  • Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit. 

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

minute

adj
  • Very small. 

  • Very careful and exact, giving small details. 

noun
  • A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. 

  • An old coin, a half farthing. 

  • A nautical or a geographic mile. 

  • A short but unspecified time period. 

  • A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting. 

  • A point in time; a moment. 

  • A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour). 

  • A fixed part of a module. 

  • A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network. 

  • A while or a long unspecified period of time 

verb
  • To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of. 

  • Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting. 

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