infinitesimal

英 [ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtesɪml]

美 [ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtesɪml]

adj.  极小的; 微量的
n.  无限小; 极微量; 极小量

GRE

BNC.24834 / COCA.23099

牛津词典

adj.

• 极小的；微量的
  extremely small
  1. infinitesimal traces of poison
     微量毒素
  2. an infinitesimal risk
     微乎其微的风险

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 极微小的;微不足道的
  Something that isinfinitesimalis extremely small.
  1. ...mineral substances present in infinitesimal amounts in the soil...
     土壤含有的极微量的矿物质
  2. There was an infinitesimal pause.
     其中有一个极短暂的停顿。

英英释义

noun

• (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit

adj

• infinitely or immeasurably small
  1. two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm
  2. reduced to a microscopic scale
  Synonym:minute

双语例句

• Many men and women would wish to serve mankind, but they are perplexed and their power seems infinitesimal.
  有许多男女要想为人类服务，但是他们迷惑不解，而且他们的力量似乎非常渺小。
• Infinitesimal is involved in a wide range, which has a lot of very good characters.
  无穷小涉及的范围广泛，有很多很好的性质。
• The chances that that company will have any problems are infinitesimal.
  那家公司会遇到什么问题的可能性是微乎其微的。
• Newton says he has abandoned the infinitesimal or infinitely small quantity.
  牛顿说他已放弃了微元或无穷小量。
• If there is any salt in this soup, it must be infinitesimal. I can't taste it.
  如果汤里有盐的话，也一定很少，我吃不出味道来。
• In this paper we discuss actions of Lie groupoids and their infinitesimal actions on manifolds.
  讨论了李群胚在流形上的作用及其无穷小作用。
• The result is generalized to power exponential function, and the condition is given in which the items in sum or difference can be replaced by equivalent infinitesimal.
  将求极限时无穷小的因子可用其等价无穷小代替的结论推广到幂指函数的情形，给出了“和或差中的项”可用等价无穷小代替的条件。
• By means of energy method and minimum potential energy principle of elasticity, the elasticity theory analysis of infinitesimal deformation was performed for the concrete filled steel tube ( CFST).
  应用弹性力学中的能量法和最小势能原理，对钢管混凝土进行了小变形下的弹性理论分析。
• Based on the theory of porous media and under the condition of infinitesimal deflection, the governing differential equations for an incompressible saturated poroelastic beam were presented.
  在杆件弯曲小变形的假定下，考虑杆件的侧向变形因素，根据多孔介质理论，本文首先建立了不可压饱和多孔弹性梁弯曲变形时动力响应的控制方程。
• That great, infinitesimal question-I can't shake it out of my thoughts.
  那伟大的浩瀚无涯的问题我是无法赶出脑袋了。