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I am not sure what situation you are talking about, but "infinitely small" amounts are basically used in calculus. Formally, "infinite small" amounts, or "infinitesimals" are avoided; rather, you investigate what happens when a certain amount gets smaller and smaller.As an example for such calculations, velocity is defined as dx/dt, meaning you divide a very small distance (the distance moved) by a very small time interval (the time elapsed) - and investigate what happens when dt (the time interval) becomes smaller and smaller ("tends toward zero", though it can't actually be zero itself, because then you would have a division by zero).

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