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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

Related Forms:

infinite Idioms

the Infinite (Being)

God

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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