Math. [ad. L. comminuent-em, pr. pple. of comminuĕre to lessen, diminish.] (See quot.)
1842. De Morgan, Diff. & Int. Calculus, 66, note. To avoid … repetition of ‘a quantity which diminishes without limit when Δ x diminishes without limit,’ I have coined this word [comminuent]…. To comminute two quantities is to suppose them to diminish without limit together: comminution the corresponding substantive; comminuents quantities which diminish without limit together.
