ad infinitum
[ad in-fuh-nahy-tuh m, ad in-]
- to infinity; endlessly; without limit.
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Origin of ad infinitum
From Latin
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And so the question returns in infinitum and again in infinitum.
Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)Leslie Stephen
To say, that we conceive them merely as solid, is to run on in infinitum.
A Treatise of Human NatureDavid Hume
The term employed by the mathematicians is progressus in infinitum.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
The division is, therefore, in infinitum, and not merely in indefinitum.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'Norman Kemp Smith
In this case the distinction between a progressus in infinitum and a progressus in indefinitum is a mere piece of subtlety.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
ad infinitum
- without end; endlessly; to infinityAbbreviation: ad inf
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Word Origin
Latin
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Word Origin and History for infinitum
ad infinitum
Latin, literally "to infinity" from infinitum "infinity," neuter of adjective infinitus "endless" (see infinite).
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