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infinity

noun
/ɪnˈfɪnɪti//ɪnˈfɪnɪɾi/US

Etymology

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedness”), from negative prefix in- (“not”), + fīnis (“end”), + noun of state suffix -tās.

  1. derived from īnfīnitās
  2. derived from infinité
  3. inherited from infinite

Definitions

  1. endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.

    • concept of infinity
    • The desert stretched out toward the horizon as if into infinity.

  2. A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.

  3. An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes…

    An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in…

      A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.

    2. The symbol ∞.

The neighborhood

Derived

axiom of infinity, infinity box, infinity-edge pool, infinityfold, infinity pool, infinity scarf, infinity shot, infinity sign, infinity symbol, infinity transmitter, null infinity, point at infinity, zero one infinity rule

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for infinity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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