transfinite
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of transfinite
Example Sentences
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I went deep into mathematical theory studying transfinite numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
This class comprises integers, real numbers, transfinite numbers and infinitesimals—a structure that no one previously imagined was possible in which everything can be added, multiplied, and so on.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2021
The perfection of a truly transcendent or transfinite performance, the scene illustrates, involves no luck or accident.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
Cantor’s transfinite numbers were the worst of the lot.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
When we pass to the transfinite numbers, we have nothing in the Alephs but the symbols of certain groupings of operations expressible in ordinary number series.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
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