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[syn: calculus, infinitesimal calculus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Infinitesimal \In`fin*i*tes"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. infinit['e]simal,
   fr. infinit['e]sime infinitely small, fr. L. infinitus. See
   Infinite, a.]
   Infinitely or indefinitely small; less than any assignable
   quantity or value; very small.
   [1913 Webster]
   Infinitesimal calculus, the different and the integral
      calculus, when developed according to the method used by
      Leibnitz, who regarded the increments given to variables
      as infinitesimal.
      [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
infinitesimal calculus
    n 1: the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and
         with the differentiation and integration of functions [syn:
         calculus, infinitesimal calculus]