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indefinite number

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. a variable or unspecified number.


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A 1951 defense treaty gave the U.S. the right to establish an indefinite number of bases in perpetuity, provided it informed Denmark and Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

It is now authorized to add an indefinite number without first seeking the S.E.C.’s blessing.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2022

“The ability for the same share to be shorted an indefinite number of times is somewhat of a pathology and that should be fixed,” said Robinhood Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev.

From Reuters • Feb. 19, 2021

Also, 900 men were requested from CWA for an indefinite number of days, to exterminate each and every Philadelphia rat.

From Time Magazine Archive

It follows from theorems 1 and 2 that there is not one unique congruence-group, but an indefinite number of them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

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