infinitesimal

Example Sentences

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But a car either complies or it does not, no matter how infinitesimal the infraction.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Suddenly, the infinitesimal chances of the U.S.—down to 0.1% at one point during the day, according to Data Golf—began to creep upward with wins from its first two players.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

Art often is just a business, but a dangerous one: Changing people by an infinitesimal degree, Castleberry knows, has a way of thoroughly warping and wrecking human lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

El universo tal como lo conocemos ahora tiene 14 mil millones de años, lo que parece mucho tiempo, pero es solo una porción infinitesimal de los billones y trillones de años de oscuridad por venir.

From New York Times • May 6, 2023

Father, his jeweler’s glass in his eye, was bent over the shoulder of the newest apprentice, deftly selecting an infinitesimal part from the array before them on the workbench.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom