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infinity | everything |
(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
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
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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 .
(literally) All the things under discussion.
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, title= (colloquial) Many or most things.
(colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole ).
As a noun infinity
is (label) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of end or limit.As a pronoun everything is
(literally) all the things under discussion.infinity
English
Noun
citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities' that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging ' infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
Usage notes
In mathematics there are several different infinities; see transfinite.Antonyms
* finitySee also
* eternal * eternity * transfiniteeverything
English
(wikipedia everything)Pronoun
(English Pronouns)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn, but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}