'Infinity' definitions:
Definition of 'Infinity'
From: GCIDE
- Infinity \In*fin"i*ty\, n.; pl. Infinities. [L. infinitas; pref. in- not + finis boundary, limit, end: cf. F. infinit['e]. See Finite.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
- There can not be more infinities than one; for one of them would limit the other. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties. --Broome. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Math.) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Mathematically considered, infinity is always a limit of a variable quantity, resulting from a particular supposition made upon the varying element which enters it. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.). [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Geom.) That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity. [1913 Webster]
- Circle at infinity, an imaginary circle at infinity, through which, in geometry of three dimensions, every sphere is imagined to pass.
- Circular points at infinity. See under Circular. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infinity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetic distance,
- algebraic number,
- ampleness,
- amplitude,
- astronomical number,
- billion,
- boundlessness,
- bulk,
- cardinal,
- cardinal number,
- ceaselessness,
- clearance,
- coeternity,
- compass,
- complex number,
- constancy,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- deep space,
- defective number,
- depths of space,
- distance,
- divergence,
- durability,
- endlessness,
- enormity,
- enormousness,
- eternalness,
- eternity,
- even number,
- ever-duringness,
- everlastingness,
- everness,
- everywhereness,
- expanse,
- extension,
- extent,
- farness,
- finite number,
- foreverness,
- formidableness,
- fraction,
- fullness,
- Gaussian integer,
- gigantism,
- glory,
- googol,
- googolplex,
- grandeur,
- grandness,
- great scope,
- greatness,
- holiness,
- hugeness,
- imaginary number,
- immensity,
- immutability,
- impair,
- incessancy,
- indestructibility,
- infinite duration,
- infinite goodness,
- infinite justice,
- infinite love,
- infinite mercy,
- infinite power,
- infinite wisdom,
- infinitude,
- integer,
- intensity,
- interminability,
- irrational,
- irrational number,
- jillion,
- large number,
- largeness,
- leeway,
- length,
- lengthiness,
- light,
- light-years,
- linear measures,
- long time,
- longitude,
- longness,
- magnitude,
- majesty,
- margin,
- measure,
- might,
- mightiness,
- mileage,
- mixed number,
- muchness,
- never-endingness,
- omnipotence,
- omnipotency,
- omnipresence,
- omniscience,
- omnisciency,
- ordinal,
- overall length,
- pair,
- parsecs,
- perdurability,
- perenniality,
- perennialness,
- permanence,
- perpetualness,
- perpetuity,
- perspective,
- piece,
- plenitude,
- polygonal number,
- power,
- prime number,
- prodigiousness,
- pure imaginary,
- range,
- rational,
- rational number,
- reach,
- real,
- real number,
- rectangular number,
- remoteness,
- round number,
- sempiternity,
- separation,
- serial number,
- sovereignty,
- space,
- span,
- stability,
- strength,
- stretch,
- stride,
- stupendousness,
- surd,
- timelessness,
- transcendental number,
- transfinite number,
- tremendousness,
- trillion,
- ubiquity,
- unceasingness,
- unity,
- vastness,
- way,
- ways,
- whole number,
- yardage,
- zillion