Infinitesimal vs Large - What's the difference?
infinitesimal | large |
Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.
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(mathematics) Of or pertaining to values that approach zero as a limit.
(informal) Very small.
(mathematics) A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).
Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
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(obsolete) Abundant; ample.
* Milton
(archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
* Felton
(obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
* Fairfax
(obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
(music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
(obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
A thousand dollars.
As adjectives the difference between infinitesimal and large
is that infinitesimal is infinitesimal while large is of considerable or relatively great size or extent.As a noun large is
(music|obsolete) an old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.infinitesimal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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 alsoAntonyms
* infinite * enormousNoun
(wikipedia infinitesimal) (en noun)Antonyms
* infinityDerived terms
* infinitesimal calculus * infinitesimallylarge
English
Adjective
(er)- We have yet large day.
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large .
- Some large jests he will make.
Synonyms
(checksyns) * big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish * See alsoAntonyms
* small, tiny, minusculeDerived terms
* as large as life, larger than life * by and large * enlarge * give it large * have it large * large it, large up, large it up * largely * largeness * writ large * largishNoun
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large .