infinity
Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to sizeEndlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
» Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
Manche Unendlichkeiten sind größer als andere Unendlichkeiten.
Деякі нескінченності більші, ніж інші нескінченності.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
concept of infinity
The desert stretched out toward the horizon as if into infinity.
Unendlichkeit
бесконе́чностьbeskonéčnostʹ, безграни́чностьbezgraníčnostʹ
(countable)A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
бесконе́чностьbeskonéčnostʹ
(countable)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.
бесконе́чностьbeskonéčnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)The symbol ∞.
Unendlichkeit
бесконе́чностьbeskonéčnostʹ
- time without end
Examples
16 sentencesSome infinities are bigger than other infinities.
Деякі нескінченності більші, ніж інші нескінченності.
deManche Unendlichkeiten sind größer als andere Unendlichkeiten.
Can infinity be an imaginary number?
I love you infinity to the power of infinity.
Surrounding the village are fields that stretch into infinity.
deRings um das Dorf erstrecken sich endlose Felder.
Tom spent the day lounging by the infinity pool.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedneFrom Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedness”), from negative prefix in- (“not”), + fīnis (“end”), + noun of state suffix -tās. By surface analysis, infinite + -ity.
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Forms
plural: infinities| Singular | infinity |
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regular
Synonyms
11 synonyms- time without end:eternity
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable