Infinity vs Eight - What's the difference?
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(label) Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.
A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
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, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
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An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
(label) 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.
(label) The symbol .
(cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after seven and before nine.
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Describing a set or group with eight components.
The digit/figure 8.
(playing cards) Any of the four cards in a normal deck with the value eight.
(nautical) A light, narrow rowing boat, especially one used in competitive rowing, steered by a cox, in which a eight rowers each have two oars
(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate
As nouns the difference between infinity and eight
is that infinity is (label) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit while eight is the digit/figure 8 or eight can be an island in a river; an ait.As a numeral eight is
(cardinal) a numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after seven and before nine.infinity
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Noun
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Usage notes
In mathematics there are several different infinities; see transfinite.Antonyms
* finitySee also
* eternal * eternity * transfiniteeight
English
(wikipedia eight)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* * Western (Arabic) numerals: * (Roman numerals): VIIINumeral
(head)- He works eight hours a day.
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- Jon & Kate Plus 8'' is a show based on two facts: 1)''' Jon and Kate Gosselin have '''eight''' children, and '''2)''' the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘' eight ’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
