Assertion: infinitesimal | /r/HasProperty | quantity
Facets:
value: for engineers
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Instead it will use a formulation that is handier; i.e., an infinitesimal is a quantity so small that although it is not zero its square and higher powers are zero.
text: An infinitesimal is some quantity that is explicitly nonzero and yet smaller in absolute value than any real quantity.
text: For engineers, an infinitesimal is a quantity so small that its square and all higher powers can be neglected.