Example sentences for: infinitesimal

How can you use “infinitesimal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It was this apple that gave Newton the idea of Universal Gravitation, when it landed conveniently on his head, and it was Universal Gravitation that suggested to Newton the concepts of the infinitesimal calculus.

  • Those aren't incremental government--they're infinitesimal government.

  • The actual genetic differences between human "races" are so infinitesimal that making sweeping statements is rarely useful and often dangerous.

  • Many people who go see the documentary American Movie , directed by Chris Smith and produced by Sarah Price, will expect to revisit the title character of Burton's Ed Wood (1994), a stumblebum who maintained a cockeyed optimism--and obliviousness--in the face of infinitesimal budgets and what amounted to an anti-talent for continuity.

  • This invalidated the previously unquestioned Principle of the Substitutability of Identicals, which had been formulated by Leibniz in his battle with Figby Newton for recognition as the original discoverer of the infinitesimal calculus.


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