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infinite Definition

in·fi·nite (in′fə nit)

adjective

  1. lacking limits or bounds; extending beyond measure or comprehension: without beginning or end; endless
  2. very great; vast; immense
    1. Math. indefinitely large; greater than any finite number however large
    2. capable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with a part of itself infinite set

Etymology: ME < L infinitus: see in- & finite

noun

something infinite, as space or time

infinite Related Forms
in′·fi·nitely adverb in′·fi·nite·ness noun
infinite Idioms

the Infinite (Being)

God

infinite Synonyms

infinite

modif.

  1. Unlimited

    unbounded, boundless, endless, illimitable, unconfined, countless, incalculable, interminable, measureless, untold, inexhaustible, bottomless, unfathomable, without number, without end, without limit, limitless, tremendous, immense, having no limit, having no end, never-ending, immeasurable; see also endless 1, unlimited.

    Antonyms limited, bounded*, restricted, finite.

  2. Endless

    without end, unending, incessant; see constant 1, eternal 2, perpetual 1.

  3. Absolute

    supreme, perpetual, enduring; see absolute 1, immortal 1.

infinite Synonyms

infinite

n.

boundlessness, infinity, the unknown; see eternity 1, space 1.

infinite Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • comprehend: The finite nature of the human mind cannot grasp and comprehend the infinite.
  • understand: It is beyond finite minds to understand the infinite.

Adjective modifier

  • actual: Why does defining a set make the actual infinite a reality?
  • potential: For Aristotle all the elements in an actual finite exist simultaneously, whereas a potential infinite is realized over time by addition or division.

Modifies a noun

  • regress: Mutual belief is defined in terms of an infinite regress of nested beliefs.
  • wisdom: However, in their infinite wisdom they have recently changed the format in which these are sent.
  • loop: Perhaps the processor has fallen into an infinite loop.
  • mercy: And be brought by thine infinite mercy To thy holy presence.
  • recursion: In order to avoid infinite recursions, we must distinguish between the two different types of mappings.
  • patience: For those not possessed of infinite patience, the minutes end here.

Modifying Another Word

  • countably: Note that all these sets have a countably infinite number of members.
  • denumerably: Consider the language obtained from 1 K = by adding a denumerably infinite stock of new individual constants c 0, c 1, .
  • uncountably: However, if these sets are considered as single rep-tiles, then I cannot demonstrate that the full set of rep-tiles is uncountably infinite.
  • seemingly: There is a seemingly infinite textural variety in these pieces.
  • potentially: Anchors occur throughout all of our sensory channels in a potentially infinite number of ways.
  • almost: In the Lear CD there are an almost infinite number of pathways through the material.

Noun used with modifier

  • something: The question is if G-d's knowledge is infinite, how can something infinite be placed in something finite, the written torah.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: DVD run time is 30 minutes however, with looping it becomes infinite.

Preposition: in

  • extent: Likewise, space is often assumed to be infinite in extent.
  • number: Well, if the pool of tickets is infinite in number, then these two " probabilities " are identical.
infinite Quotes

Per Deum intelligo ens absolute infinitum, hoc est, substantiam constantem infinitis attributis, quorum unumquodque aeternam et infinitam essentiam exprimit. By God I mean a being absolutely infiniteöthat is, a substance consisting in infinite attributes, of which each expresses eternal and infinite essentiality.

—Spinoza, Baruch also known as Benedict de Spinoza

He canna Scotland see wha yet Canna see the Infinite, And Scotland in true scale to it.

—Grieve

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

—Blake,William

By the time you say you're his, Shivering and sighing And he vows his passion is Infinite, undyingö Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.

—Parker, Dorothy ne¤  e Rothschild

Qu'est-ce que l'homme dans la nature? Un ne¤  ant a' l'e¤  gard de l'infini, un tout a'   l'e¤  gard du ne¤  ant, un milieu entre rien et tout. What is man in nature? Nothing in comparison to the infinite, all in comparison to nothing, a mean between nothing and everything.

—Pascal, Blaise

As lines so loves oblique may well Themselves in every angle greet But ours so truly parallel, Though infinite can never meet. Therefore the love which doth us bind, But fate so enviously debars, Is the conjunction of the mind, And opposition of the stars.

—Marvell, Andrew

There is a misunderstanding by marketers in our culture about what freedom of choice is. In the market, it is equated with multiplying choice. This is a misconception. If you have infinite choice, people are reduced to passivity.

—Gitlin,Todd

Thankstohis bodily formand thankstohismind, [man] is a universal machine, capable of an infinite diversity of movement.

—Redtenbacher, Ferdinand

I put the muzzle of the revolver into my right ear and pulled the trigger† I was out by one. I remember an extraordinary sense of jubilation, as if carnival lights had been switched on in a drab street. My heart knocked in its cage, and life contained an infinite number of possibilities.

—Greene, (Henry) Graham

The thistle yet'll unite Man and the Infinite!

—Grieve

   Thegreat and solemnspiritthat pervadestheintellectual

—Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von

Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

—Carlyle,Thomas

Le sentiment de l'infini est le ve¤  ritable attribut de l'a"  me. To feel the infinite is the true attribute of the soul.

—Stae«  l, Germaine Necker, Baronne de

Dieu est le point tangent de ze¤  ro et de l'infini. God is the tangential point of zero and the infinite.

—Jarry, Alfred