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
The movie’s physicality, at its most vital, is infinitesimal.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
And then there’s the plague of microplastics, those infinitesimal bits that end up in our bodies, the soil, everywhere.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Aug. 2024
The human brain can’t even comprehend the infinitesimal amount the creators of most songs earn per stream.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 July 2024
The film’s comedy is built from a series of infinitesimal touches and chance intrusions, as when Édouard, espying Charles in the street, leaps from his seat at a sidewalk café and jostles a waiter bearing drinks.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
And then there’s the plague of microplastics, those infinitesimal bits that end up in our bodies, the soil, everywhere.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Aug. 2024
The human brain can’t even comprehend the infinitesimal amount the creators of most songs earn per stream.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 July 2024
The film’s comedy is built from a series of infinitesimal touches and chance intrusions, as when Édouard, espying Charles in the street, leaps from his seat at a sidewalk café and jostles a waiter bearing drinks.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infinitesimal
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Towns, who stands at 7-feet, looked minuscule in the third quarter after Wembanyama rose above him for a one-handed snatch on Paul’s miss at the eight-minute mark.Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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The Patek operation is both artisanal and impressively industrialized—beginning with the CNC machines that pump, cut, stamp, and form, among other things, cases, bracelets, and the hundreds of minuscule components that comprise even the most basic Patek model.Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
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The rock, ringed with black and marked by distinctive white veins and dozens of tiny bright spots, was discovered as Perseverance explored a quarter-mile-wide valley called Neretva Vallis.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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You’ll be tempted to look for similarities with other places—the tiny, colorful homes in Icelandic villages; the cod-reliant communities in Norway; and the accents that sound far more Irish than Canadian—but there’s simply no other place like it.CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024
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Joining preservationists at Williamsburg, chemists at the paint company performed microscopic analysis on pinhead-sized samples to determine how various colors evolved over time, ultimately identifying 144 separate hues, all original to Colonial Williamsburg.Cornelia Powers, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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The results, published in the journal Scientific Reports, offer a detailed look at 30 unique coffee combinations on microscopic and chemical levels.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Infinitesimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infinitesimal. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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