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Infinitesimal vs Brandon - What's the difference?

infinitesimal | brandon |

As an adjective infinitesimal

is infinitesimal.

As a noun brandon is

(eo-form of).

infinitesimal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
  • *
  • (mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
  • (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

    Antonyms

    * infinite * enormous

    Noun

    (wikipedia infinitesimal) (en noun)
  • (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

    brandon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • from the Gaelic Mac Breandáin .
  • transferred from the surnames; also a variant of Brendan. Popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and the 1990s.
  • A CDP in Colorado
  • Any of some towns and villages in England
  • A CDP in Florida
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Manitoba
  • A city in Minnesota
  • A city in Mississippi
  • A town in New York
  • A city in South Dakota
  • A town in Vermont
  • A village in Wisconsin

    • Quotations

    * 1520 The Lyfe of Saynt Brandan. Translated from Dutch.Published by Wynkyn de Worde,1483: *: Here begynneth the lyfe of Saynt Brandon'. Saynt ' Brandon , the holy man, was a monke, and borne in Yrlonde * ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III : *: Sir William Brandon , you shall bear my standard.