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infinitesimally

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Etymology

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From infinitesimal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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infinitesimally (comparative more infinitesimally, superlative most infinitesimally)

  1. In an infinitesimal manner.
  2. To an infinitesimal degree.
    • 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 9 November 2020:
      His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.

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