infinity
Meaning
- (uncountable) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
- (countable) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
- (countable) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The symbol ∞.
Synonyms
out-of-range number
capacity exceeding number
inf
open space
Translations
infinidad
infinité
Unendlichkeit
άπειρο
infinito
oneindigheid
infinità
infinitatFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈfɪnɪti/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedness”), from negative prefix in- (“not”), + fīnis (“end”), + noun of state suffix -tās.
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