infinity
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/
infinity
- (uncountable) Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
- (countable, mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
- (countable, topology, analysis) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
- (uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
- (countable, uncountable) The symbol ∞.
- (absence of a beginning, end or limits to size) See also Thesaurus:infinity
- French: infinité
- German: Unendlichkeit
- Portuguese: infinito, infinidade
- Russian: бесконе́чность
- Spanish: infinidad
- French: infini
- German: Unendlichkeit
- Portuguese: infinito
- Russian: бесконе́чность
- Spanish: infinito
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