infinity
the quality or state of being infinite.
something that is infinite.
infinite space, time, or quantity.
an infinite extent, amount, or number.
an indefinitely great amount or number.
Mathematics.
the assumed limit of a sequence, series, etc., that increases without bound.
infinite distance or an infinitely distant part of space.
Photography.
a distance between a subject and the camera so great that rays of light reflected from the subject may be regarded as parallel.
a distance setting of the camera lens beyond which everything is in focus.
Origin of infinity
1Words that may be confused with infinity
- affinity, infinity
Words Nearby infinity
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How to use infinity in a sentence
Riehl is currently working to expand the usefulness of infinity categories in mathematics.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle | Rachel Crowell | September 2, 2020 | Quanta MagazineWe’ve been developing a new approach to the foundations of infinity category theory.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle | Rachel Crowell | September 2, 2020 | Quanta MagazineSo, thinking about infinity categories more abstractly, rather than more concretely.
Conducting the Mathematical Orchestra From the Middle | Rachel Crowell | September 2, 2020 | Quanta MagazineThis effectively reduced a question about infinity to an easier problem about the arithmetic of a few numbers.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem | Kevin Hartnett | August 19, 2020 | Quanta MagazineAs many solvers correctly observed, the expression goes off to infinity.
infinity War was a six-issue Marvel series published back in 1992.
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New Superheroes | Marlow Stern | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe infinity Stones are six magical stones that, when inserted into the infinity Gauntlet, grant the wearer infinite power.
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New Superheroes | Marlow Stern | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnbeknownst to him, the orb contains an infinity Stone, which holds within it the power to destroy entire planets.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Filmmaker James Gunn on His Glorious Space Opera and Rise to the A-List | Marlow Stern | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTinfinity Mirrored Room consists of roughly one hundred multicolored LED lights that pulsate at various speeds and patterns.
Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Mirrored Room” Madness Takes Manhattan | Justin Jones | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTinfinity Broadcasting Operations was fined a total of $357,500 by the FCC, the maximum allowable amount.
So dies the invasion of England bogey which, from first to last, has wrought us an infinity of harm.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe argument proves no other infinity of duration than may be embraced within five minutes.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillBelow the major gods was an infinity of smaller ones, who presided over physical and moral matters.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanIs infinity this distance carried to the extreme, because it is an innumerable manifoldness?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)Where indeed would it halt, since the place indicated by the word "where" is posterior to infinity?
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
British Dictionary definitions for infinity
/ (ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of being infinite
endless time, space, or quantity
an infinitely or indefinitely great number or amount
optics photog a point that is far enough away from a lens, mirror, etc, for the light emitted by it to fall in parallel rays on the surface of the lens, etc
physics a dimension or quantity of sufficient size to be unaffected by finite variations
maths the concept of a value greater than any finite numerical value
a distant ideal point at which two parallel lines are assumed to meet
- Symbol (for senses 4–7): ∞
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Scientific definitions for infinity
[ ĭn-fĭn′ĭ-tē ]
A space, extent of time, or quantity that has no limit.
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