Infinitely Small

(idea) by iain (5.8 y) Tue Aug 08 2000 at 13:27:26
This is one for the pedants.

Infinitely small is a contradiction in terms. Infinite is a term that refers to something being immeasurably large, not just immeasurable. A more correct way to say that something is immeasurably tiny is to say that it is infinitesmally small.

I warned you about the pedantry.

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