Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mathematics, distinguished by a finite ordinal.
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Examples
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I could see him creating the word finitesimal, which would use "finite" suggesting the differences have a definite end.
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I was lately afflicted with a sort of nondescript atrophy, a stagnation of the fluids, a congestion of the small blood-vessels, and a spasmodic contraction of the finitesimal nerves, that threatened very serious consequences.
Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820
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