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infinite

adj
/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/UK/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/US/ɪnˈfajnajʈ/

Etymology

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.

  1. derived from īnfīnītus
  2. derived from infinit
  3. inherited from infinite

Definitions

  1. Indefinably large, countlessly great

    Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.

    • The number is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same.
    • Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least cannot sink.
    • infinite riches in a little room

  2. Boundless, endless, without end or limits

    Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.

    • Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.

  3. Infinitely many.

    • Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude

      Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.

    2. Having infinitely many elements.

    3. Not limited by person or number.

    4. Capable of endless repetition

      Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.

    5. Something that is infinite in nature.

      • Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.
      • Cautiously, Hobbes avoided asserting the equality of these infinites, and explicitly characterized the relation between them as non-inequality.

    6. A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.

      • […] prevents overpowered combos and infinites […]

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Derived

biinfinite, bi-infinite, doubly infinite, infinifat, infinigon, infinitate, infinite canon, infinite continued fraction, infinite descent, infinite-dimensional, infinite hotel paradox, infinite loop, infinitely, infinite money glitch, infinite monkey theorem, infiniteness, infinite recursion, infinite regress, infinite runner, infinite scroll, infinite series, infinitesimal, infinite suicide, infinitillion, infinitism, infinitist, infinitize, infinitude, infinity, infiniverse, in one's infinite wisdom, noninfinite, pseudoinfinite, semi-infinite, superinfinite

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at infinite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at infinite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at infinite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA