Infinite

//ˈɪnfᵻnɪt// adj, noun, num

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.

    "The number is so infinite, that verily it would be an easier matter for me to reckon up those that have feared the same."

  2. 2
    Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.

    "Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite."

  3. 3
    Infinitely many.

    "Huxley's theory says that if you provide infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters, some monkey somewhere will eventually create a masterpiece – a play by Shakespeare, a Platonic dialogue, or an economic treatise by Adam Smith."

  4. 4
    Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
  5. 5
    Having infinitely many elements.

    "For any infinite set, there is a 1-1 correspondence between it and at least one of its proper subsets. For example, there is a 1-1 correspondence between the set of natural numbers and the set of squares of natural numbers, which is a proper subset of the set of natural numbers."

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  1. 6
    Not limited by person or number.
  2. 7
    Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
Adjective
  1. 1
    total and all-embracing wordnet
  2. 2
    too numerous to be counted wordnet
  3. 3
    having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude wordnet
  4. 4
    (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is infinite in nature.

    "Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love."

  2. 2
    the unlimited expanse in which everything is located wordnet
  3. 3
    A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.

    "[…] prevents overpowered combos and infinites […]"

Numeral
  1. 1
    Infinitely many.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.

Etymology 2

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.

Etymology 3

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.

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