ad infinitum

American  

[ad in-fuh-nahy-tuhm, adin-] / æd ˌɪn fəˈnaɪ təm, ˌædɪn- /

adverb

1. to infinity; endlessly; without limit. ad inf., ad infin

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ad infinitum British  

/ æd ˌɪnfɪˈnaɪtəm /

adverb

1.  ad inf.  without end; endlessly; to infinity

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Etymology

Origin of ad infinitum

From Latin

Example Sentences

One takes place and then another one occurs ad infinitum.

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2024

The stakes of the strike even extend to who owns an actor’s literal body and voice, as technology now allows an actor’s image to be digitally repurposed ad infinitum.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

Legal microdirectives sent en masse for countless scenarios, each representing authoritative legal findings formulated by opaque computational processes, could create an expansive and increasingly complex body of law that would grow ad infinitum.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2023

Depending on the initial placement of the constituent cells, their clusters can showcase surprisingly complex behaviors such as self-replication ad infinitum.

From Scientific American • Apr. 6, 2023

Flies with heads and tails make eggs with heads and tails, which make embryos with heads and tails, which grow into flies with heads and tails, and so forth, ad infinitum.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee