infinity
Meanings
Plural: infinities
Noun
- time without end
- endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
- A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
- An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
- 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.
- The symbol ∞.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
boundlessness, endlessness, eternity, infiniteness, infinitude, infinity, limitlessness, mul:∞, unendingness, unlimitedness, ∞
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
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