infinite series

noun

, Mathematics.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of infinite series¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

They are that a thing cannot move itself, and that an actual infinite series is impossible.

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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.

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From that meal to a Newport dinner what an infinite series of gradations!

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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.

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The possible variations in each factor together with their number makes an almost infinite series of such combinations possible.

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