infinite series

nounMathematics.

a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are added successively in a given pattern; the sequence of partial sums of a given sequence.

Origin of infinite series

First recorded in 1790–1800

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They are that a thing cannot move itself, and that an actual infinite series is impossible.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac Husik
There is the whole universe to dream over, and one's life is spent in the perpetual doing of an infinite series of little things.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock Ellis
From that meal to a Newport dinner what an infinite series of gradations!
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood
The part of wisdom is to live as if to-day were our only day, and yet provide for an infinite series of to-morrows.
A Dream of Empire | William Henry Venable
The possible variations in each factor together with their number makes an almost infinite series of such combinations possible.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

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