Definition of infinity in English:

infinity

nounPlural infinities ɪnˈfɪnɪtiɪnˈfɪnədi

1mass noun The state or quality of being infinite.
the infinity of space
Example sentencesExamples
- The stars and planets that merrily twinkle, light years away, have inspired song lyrics and poems, become pivotal symbols in religion and have provided an eternal need for man to explore the concept of infinity.
- And please, for Valentine's sake, do not doubt my mathematics - my equation refers to the ‘right’ pair of people who fall in love to find that infinity of life.
- Christ, half-lit, retains his mystery - a contrast to the ambiguity, doubt and infinity of the enveloping blackness.
- We'll have the hits, maybe some hits-to-come, maybe some ruminations on the fame he loathes escalating into iconographic infinity.
- But the infinity of God is always paramount for Descartes.
- The field theorist would point to the breakdown of the usual procedure for eliminating infinities from calculations of physical quantities.
- Scotus then asks us to shift from thinking about an actual quantitative infinity to thinking about an actual qualitative infinity.
- Once this infinity attaches to even the most trivial or dissolute of ordinary passions it lends the full force and import of freedom to it, fueling an obsessive and insatiable fanaticism.
Synonyms
endlessness, infinitude, infiniteness, boundlessness, limitlessness, unlimitedness, extensiveness, vastness, immensity
infinite distance
1. 1.1count noun An infinite or very great number or amount.
  an infinity of combinations
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is always simple to fall; there are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands.
  The opening sequence of his six-minute abstract video drags you out of the surrounding blackness and absorbs you into a receding infinity of coloured rectangles which may be an animated painting by Josef Albers.
  Australians are squeezed between two inhospitable infinities, one dry, the other wet.
  Those are the authentic prescribed vignettes, but, like Scrabble's alphabetic squares, there is an infinity of ways in which to range and rearrange them, and the message that they convey.
  Shows such as these and an infinity of others, occupy a vast portion of viewing time on our screens, and merit an entire column on their own.
  You'll see that this stretch of Nevada is pretty damn ugly: infinities, in every direction, of dry, brownish-gray earth that is too bland to be called dirt, too soiled to be called soil.
  Knowledge infinities are not now available to us, nor are they ever likely to be.
  I suppose there must be a perfect supermarket somewhere, on the same kind of principle that has the works of Shakespeare produced by an infinity of typing monkeys.
  Nevertheless, this second favor was rarely granted; there was an infinity of claims, blind as well as enlightened, as it may please you now to call them.
  There is no end to this inconceivable infinity of infinities’.
  There was an infinity of greens, rendered all the greener by splashes of red hibiscus and the herons floating past, so white and big it seemed as if sheets hung out to dry had suddenly taken wing.
  No such consolation is offered by Fiennes' vision of the featureless infinities of downtown LA.
  But this spectrum is at right angles to the first, generating a person-space with an infinity of different potential placements.
  Every architecture project starts with an infinity of possibilities.
  I've traveled through the blind infinities of existence since I could scarcely speak.
  They present an infinity of variable shapes and colors and features.
  These questions and others are being asked at hundreds of meetings and in an infinity of conversations, memos and e-mails.
  I don't want to be part of a production line. I'd prefer, instead, to have no names or an infinity of names, and to make identification through a binding of addresses against possibilities.
  Synonyms
  infinite number, unlimited number, very great number, abundance, profusion, host, multitude, mass, wealth
  informal heap, stack, ton
  British informal shedload
2. 1.2 A point in space or time that is or seems infinitely distant.
  the lawns stretched into infinity
  Example sentencesExamples
  No longer are they confined by the walls of a classroom; instead, the empty field stretches out to infinity, as the fog hides the horizon.
  Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.
  To our north, the vast featureless Kazakh steppes, an area the size of Western Europe, stretched away seemingly to infinity.
  The held tones become vitally important as the piece progresses and the primary motif slows to a crawl; with more space between the notes the connecting drone that stretches to infinity becomes the focus.
  It was never-ending, a black blanket that stretched to infinity.
  The posters - showing images such as a parking lot full of spaces for disabled people and a length of highway lined with corpses stretching to infinity - are arresting and partly succeed.
  We pass a stretch limo carrying a woman with a masklike face that has been stretched to infinity.
  This is abundantly clear in his discussion of infinity.
  The subway car seemed to be elongating, the metallic ceiling stretching to infinity as he struck out at me with hands that weren't actually hands, but talons of nameless rage.
  A line that stretched from here to infinity appeared in front of me.
  The plains still stretched to infinity and the mountains appeared no closer even at maximum zoom.
  But once you're at the summit, the views appear to stretch to infinity.
  Other than a few inquisitive goats and a lot of cow dung, the road was empty, and it seemed to stretch on to infinity, a thin gray ribbon cutting across the arid desert.
  Shelves of toiletries stood on either side, stretching to infinity.
  Comfy leggings and cycle shorts - they won't stretch to infinity, though, so you may need to buy maternity versions eventually.
  The lights on the Bay Bridge seemed stretched out to infinity.
  In fact, at the start of school holidays it stretched to infinity and if it seems a little shorter now, that is only in the same way as a grown-up child revisits the old family home and finds that it has shrunk.
  Beyond the window, space stretched out to infinity, looking coldly back at them.
  The pale grey concrete floor changes here to dark blue and cubicles are hidden behind a screen of brilliant pink plaster, stretched to infinity by a mirrored wall.
  The next few minutes and miles seemed to stretch on to infinity.
2Mathematics
A number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number (symbol ∞)
the transmission approaches 100% as the frequency tends to infinity
Example sentencesExamples
- A simple infinity symbol should not need six strikes.
- Euler asserts that the sum of the harmonic series equals the natural logarithm of infinity plus a quantity that is nearly a constant.
- In 1874 Georg Cantor worked out a system of degrees of infinity that solved the problem once and for all and greatly increased mathematicians' understanding of infinity and set theory.
- Bolzano's theories of mathematical infinity anticipated Georg Cantor's theory of infinite sets.
- As classically conceived, a real number can be thought of as an infinite decimal, a completed infinity.
- It is interesting to contrast the introduction of i into the number system with what happens when one tries to introduce the number infinity.
- The statue had the infinity symbol on it and was white in color.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French infinite or Latin infinitas, from infinitus (see infinite).

Rhymes

affinity, asininity, clandestinity, divinity, femininity, masculinity, salinity, trinity, vicinity, virginity

Definition of infinity in US English:

infinity

nouninˈfinədēɪnˈfɪnədi

1The state or quality of being infinite.
the infinity of space
Example sentencesExamples
- We'll have the hits, maybe some hits-to-come, maybe some ruminations on the fame he loathes escalating into iconographic infinity.
- Christ, half-lit, retains his mystery - a contrast to the ambiguity, doubt and infinity of the enveloping blackness.
- Once this infinity attaches to even the most trivial or dissolute of ordinary passions it lends the full force and import of freedom to it, fueling an obsessive and insatiable fanaticism.
- And please, for Valentine's sake, do not doubt my mathematics - my equation refers to the ‘right’ pair of people who fall in love to find that infinity of life.
- The stars and planets that merrily twinkle, light years away, have inspired song lyrics and poems, become pivotal symbols in religion and have provided an eternal need for man to explore the concept of infinity.
- But the infinity of God is always paramount for Descartes.
- The field theorist would point to the breakdown of the usual procedure for eliminating infinities from calculations of physical quantities.
- Scotus then asks us to shift from thinking about an actual quantitative infinity to thinking about an actual qualitative infinity.
Synonyms
endlessness, infinitude, infiniteness, boundlessness, limitlessness, unlimitedness, extensiveness, vastness, immensity
1. 1.1 An infinite or very great number or amount.
  an infinity of combinations
  Example sentencesExamples
  Nevertheless, this second favor was rarely granted; there was an infinity of claims, blind as well as enlightened, as it may please you now to call them.
  There is no end to this inconceivable infinity of infinities’.
  Every architecture project starts with an infinity of possibilities.
  I've traveled through the blind infinities of existence since I could scarcely speak.
  Australians are squeezed between two inhospitable infinities, one dry, the other wet.
  Shows such as these and an infinity of others, occupy a vast portion of viewing time on our screens, and merit an entire column on their own.
  There was an infinity of greens, rendered all the greener by splashes of red hibiscus and the herons floating past, so white and big it seemed as if sheets hung out to dry had suddenly taken wing.
  They present an infinity of variable shapes and colors and features.
  The opening sequence of his six-minute abstract video drags you out of the surrounding blackness and absorbs you into a receding infinity of coloured rectangles which may be an animated painting by Josef Albers.
  But this spectrum is at right angles to the first, generating a person-space with an infinity of different potential placements.
  You'll see that this stretch of Nevada is pretty damn ugly: infinities, in every direction, of dry, brownish-gray earth that is too bland to be called dirt, too soiled to be called soil.
  Those are the authentic prescribed vignettes, but, like Scrabble's alphabetic squares, there is an infinity of ways in which to range and rearrange them, and the message that they convey.
  I suppose there must be a perfect supermarket somewhere, on the same kind of principle that has the works of Shakespeare produced by an infinity of typing monkeys.
  These questions and others are being asked at hundreds of meetings and in an infinity of conversations, memos and e-mails.
  It is always simple to fall; there are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands.
  No such consolation is offered by Fiennes' vision of the featureless infinities of downtown LA.
  I don't want to be part of a production line. I'd prefer, instead, to have no names or an infinity of names, and to make identification through a binding of addresses against possibilities.
  Knowledge infinities are not now available to us, nor are they ever likely to be.
  Synonyms
  infinite number, unlimited number, very great number, abundance, profusion, host, multitude, mass, wealth
2. 1.2 A point in space or time that is or seems infinitely distant.
  the lawns stretched into infinity
  Example sentencesExamples
  Beyond the window, space stretched out to infinity, looking coldly back at them.
  The held tones become vitally important as the piece progresses and the primary motif slows to a crawl; with more space between the notes the connecting drone that stretches to infinity becomes the focus.
  Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.
  But once you're at the summit, the views appear to stretch to infinity.
  This is abundantly clear in his discussion of infinity.
  The pale grey concrete floor changes here to dark blue and cubicles are hidden behind a screen of brilliant pink plaster, stretched to infinity by a mirrored wall.
  The plains still stretched to infinity and the mountains appeared no closer even at maximum zoom.
  A line that stretched from here to infinity appeared in front of me.
  The lights on the Bay Bridge seemed stretched out to infinity.
  Comfy leggings and cycle shorts - they won't stretch to infinity, though, so you may need to buy maternity versions eventually.
  Shelves of toiletries stood on either side, stretching to infinity.
  The next few minutes and miles seemed to stretch on to infinity.
  We pass a stretch limo carrying a woman with a masklike face that has been stretched to infinity.
  The subway car seemed to be elongating, the metallic ceiling stretching to infinity as he struck out at me with hands that weren't actually hands, but talons of nameless rage.
  The posters - showing images such as a parking lot full of spaces for disabled people and a length of highway lined with corpses stretching to infinity - are arresting and partly succeed.
  It was never-ending, a black blanket that stretched to infinity.
  No longer are they confined by the walls of a classroom; instead, the empty field stretches out to infinity, as the fog hides the horizon.
  To our north, the vast featureless Kazakh steppes, an area the size of Western Europe, stretched away seemingly to infinity.
  Other than a few inquisitive goats and a lot of cow dung, the road was empty, and it seemed to stretch on to infinity, a thin gray ribbon cutting across the arid desert.
  In fact, at the start of school holidays it stretched to infinity and if it seems a little shorter now, that is only in the same way as a grown-up child revisits the old family home and finds that it has shrunk.
2Mathematics
A number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number (symbol ∞).
Example sentencesExamples
- A simple infinity symbol should not need six strikes.
- In 1874 Georg Cantor worked out a system of degrees of infinity that solved the problem once and for all and greatly increased mathematicians' understanding of infinity and set theory.
- Euler asserts that the sum of the harmonic series equals the natural logarithm of infinity plus a quantity that is nearly a constant.
- As classically conceived, a real number can be thought of as an infinite decimal, a completed infinity.
- It is interesting to contrast the introduction of i into the number system with what happens when one tries to introduce the number infinity.
- The statue had the infinity symbol on it and was white in color.
- Bolzano's theories of mathematical infinity anticipated Georg Cantor's theory of infinite sets.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French infinite or Latin infinitas, from infinitus (see infinite).

单词	infinity
释义	Definition of infinity in English: infinity nounPlural infinities ɪnˈfɪnɪtiɪnˈfɪnədi 1mass noun The state or quality of being infinite. the infinity of space Example sentencesExamples The stars and planets that merrily twinkle, light years away, have inspired song lyrics and poems, become pivotal symbols in religion and have provided an eternal need for man to explore the concept of infinity. And please, for Valentine's sake, do not doubt my mathematics - my equation refers to the ‘right’ pair of people who fall in love to find that infinity of life. Christ, half-lit, retains his mystery - a contrast to the ambiguity, doubt and infinity of the enveloping blackness. We'll have the hits, maybe some hits-to-come, maybe some ruminations on the fame he loathes escalating into iconographic infinity. But the infinity of God is always paramount for Descartes. The field theorist would point to the breakdown of the usual procedure for eliminating infinities from calculations of physical quantities. Scotus then asks us to shift from thinking about an actual quantitative infinity to thinking about an actual qualitative infinity. Once this infinity attaches to even the most trivial or dissolute of ordinary passions it lends the full force and import of freedom to it, fueling an obsessive and insatiable fanaticism. Synonyms endlessness, infinitude, infiniteness, boundlessness, limitlessness, unlimitedness, extensiveness, vastness, immensity infinite distance 1.1count noun An infinite or very great number or amount. an infinity of combinations Example sentencesExamples It is always simple to fall; there are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands. The opening sequence of his six-minute abstract video drags you out of the surrounding blackness and absorbs you into a receding infinity of coloured rectangles which may be an animated painting by Josef Albers. Australians are squeezed between two inhospitable infinities, one dry, the other wet. Those are the authentic prescribed vignettes, but, like Scrabble's alphabetic squares, there is an infinity of ways in which to range and rearrange them, and the message that they convey. Shows such as these and an infinity of others, occupy a vast portion of viewing time on our screens, and merit an entire column on their own. You'll see that this stretch of Nevada is pretty damn ugly: infinities, in every direction, of dry, brownish-gray earth that is too bland to be called dirt, too soiled to be called soil. Knowledge infinities are not now available to us, nor are they ever likely to be. I suppose there must be a perfect supermarket somewhere, on the same kind of principle that has the works of Shakespeare produced by an infinity of typing monkeys. Nevertheless, this second favor was rarely granted; there was an infinity of claims, blind as well as enlightened, as it may please you now to call them. There is no end to this inconceivable infinity of infinities’. There was an infinity of greens, rendered all the greener by splashes of red hibiscus and the herons floating past, so white and big it seemed as if sheets hung out to dry had suddenly taken wing. No such consolation is offered by Fiennes' vision of the featureless infinities of downtown LA. But this spectrum is at right angles to the first, generating a person-space with an infinity of different potential placements. Every architecture project starts with an infinity of possibilities. I've traveled through the blind infinities of existence since I could scarcely speak. They present an infinity of variable shapes and colors and features. These questions and others are being asked at hundreds of meetings and in an infinity of conversations, memos and e-mails. I don't want to be part of a production line. I'd prefer, instead, to have no names or an infinity of names, and to make identification through a binding of addresses against possibilities. Synonyms infinite number, unlimited number, very great number, abundance, profusion, host, multitude, mass, wealth informal heap, stack, ton British informal shedload 1.2 A point in space or time that is or seems infinitely distant. the lawns stretched into infinity Example sentencesExamples No longer are they confined by the walls of a classroom; instead, the empty field stretches out to infinity, as the fog hides the horizon. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity. To our north, the vast featureless Kazakh steppes, an area the size of Western Europe, stretched away seemingly to infinity. The held tones become vitally important as the piece progresses and the primary motif slows to a crawl; with more space between the notes the connecting drone that stretches to infinity becomes the focus. It was never-ending, a black blanket that stretched to infinity. The posters - showing images such as a parking lot full of spaces for disabled people and a length of highway lined with corpses stretching to infinity - are arresting and partly succeed. We pass a stretch limo carrying a woman with a masklike face that has been stretched to infinity. This is abundantly clear in his discussion of infinity. The subway car seemed to be elongating, the metallic ceiling stretching to infinity as he struck out at me with hands that weren't actually hands, but talons of nameless rage. A line that stretched from here to infinity appeared in front of me. The plains still stretched to infinity and the mountains appeared no closer even at maximum zoom. But once you're at the summit, the views appear to stretch to infinity. Other than a few inquisitive goats and a lot of cow dung, the road was empty, and it seemed to stretch on to infinity, a thin gray ribbon cutting across the arid desert. Shelves of toiletries stood on either side, stretching to infinity. Comfy leggings and cycle shorts - they won't stretch to infinity, though, so you may need to buy maternity versions eventually. The lights on the Bay Bridge seemed stretched out to infinity. In fact, at the start of school holidays it stretched to infinity and if it seems a little shorter now, that is only in the same way as a grown-up child revisits the old family home and finds that it has shrunk. Beyond the window, space stretched out to infinity, looking coldly back at them. The pale grey concrete floor changes here to dark blue and cubicles are hidden behind a screen of brilliant pink plaster, stretched to infinity by a mirrored wall. The next few minutes and miles seemed to stretch on to infinity. 2Mathematics A number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number (symbol ∞) the transmission approaches 100% as the frequency tends to infinity Example sentencesExamples A simple infinity symbol should not need six strikes. Euler asserts that the sum of the harmonic series equals the natural logarithm of infinity plus a quantity that is nearly a constant. In 1874 Georg Cantor worked out a system of degrees of infinity that solved the problem once and for all and greatly increased mathematicians' understanding of infinity and set theory. Bolzano's theories of mathematical infinity anticipated Georg Cantor's theory of infinite sets. As classically conceived, a real number can be thought of as an infinite decimal, a completed infinity. It is interesting to contrast the introduction of i into the number system with what happens when one tries to introduce the number infinity. The statue had the infinity symbol on it and was white in color. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French infinite or Latin infinitas, from infinitus (see infinite). Rhymes affinity, asininity, clandestinity, divinity, femininity, masculinity, salinity, trinity, vicinity, virginity Definition of infinity in US English: infinity nouninˈfinədēɪnˈfɪnədi 1The state or quality of being infinite. the infinity of space Example sentencesExamples We'll have the hits, maybe some hits-to-come, maybe some ruminations on the fame he loathes escalating into iconographic infinity. Christ, half-lit, retains his mystery - a contrast to the ambiguity, doubt and infinity of the enveloping blackness. Once this infinity attaches to even the most trivial or dissolute of ordinary passions it lends the full force and import of freedom to it, fueling an obsessive and insatiable fanaticism. And please, for Valentine's sake, do not doubt my mathematics - my equation refers to the ‘right’ pair of people who fall in love to find that infinity of life. The stars and planets that merrily twinkle, light years away, have inspired song lyrics and poems, become pivotal symbols in religion and have provided an eternal need for man to explore the concept of infinity. But the infinity of God is always paramount for Descartes. The field theorist would point to the breakdown of the usual procedure for eliminating infinities from calculations of physical quantities. Scotus then asks us to shift from thinking about an actual quantitative infinity to thinking about an actual qualitative infinity. Synonyms endlessness, infinitude, infiniteness, boundlessness, limitlessness, unlimitedness, extensiveness, vastness, immensity 1.1 An infinite or very great number or amount. an infinity of combinations Example sentencesExamples Nevertheless, this second favor was rarely granted; there was an infinity of claims, blind as well as enlightened, as it may please you now to call them. There is no end to this inconceivable infinity of infinities’. Every architecture project starts with an infinity of possibilities. I've traveled through the blind infinities of existence since I could scarcely speak. Australians are squeezed between two inhospitable infinities, one dry, the other wet. Shows such as these and an infinity of others, occupy a vast portion of viewing time on our screens, and merit an entire column on their own. There was an infinity of greens, rendered all the greener by splashes of red hibiscus and the herons floating past, so white and big it seemed as if sheets hung out to dry had suddenly taken wing. They present an infinity of variable shapes and colors and features. The opening sequence of his six-minute abstract video drags you out of the surrounding blackness and absorbs you into a receding infinity of coloured rectangles which may be an animated painting by Josef Albers. But this spectrum is at right angles to the first, generating a person-space with an infinity of different potential placements. You'll see that this stretch of Nevada is pretty damn ugly: infinities, in every direction, of dry, brownish-gray earth that is too bland to be called dirt, too soiled to be called soil. Those are the authentic prescribed vignettes, but, like Scrabble's alphabetic squares, there is an infinity of ways in which to range and rearrange them, and the message that they convey. I suppose there must be a perfect supermarket somewhere, on the same kind of principle that has the works of Shakespeare produced by an infinity of typing monkeys. These questions and others are being asked at hundreds of meetings and in an infinity of conversations, memos and e-mails. It is always simple to fall; there are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands. No such consolation is offered by Fiennes' vision of the featureless infinities of downtown LA. I don't want to be part of a production line. I'd prefer, instead, to have no names or an infinity of names, and to make identification through a binding of addresses against possibilities. Knowledge infinities are not now available to us, nor are they ever likely to be. Synonyms infinite number, unlimited number, very great number, abundance, profusion, host, multitude, mass, wealth 1.2 A point in space or time that is or seems infinitely distant. the lawns stretched into infinity Example sentencesExamples Beyond the window, space stretched out to infinity, looking coldly back at them. The held tones become vitally important as the piece progresses and the primary motif slows to a crawl; with more space between the notes the connecting drone that stretches to infinity becomes the focus. Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity. But once you're at the summit, the views appear to stretch to infinity. This is abundantly clear in his discussion of infinity. The pale grey concrete floor changes here to dark blue and cubicles are hidden behind a screen of brilliant pink plaster, stretched to infinity by a mirrored wall. The plains still stretched to infinity and the mountains appeared no closer even at maximum zoom. A line that stretched from here to infinity appeared in front of me. The lights on the Bay Bridge seemed stretched out to infinity. Comfy leggings and cycle shorts - they won't stretch to infinity, though, so you may need to buy maternity versions eventually. Shelves of toiletries stood on either side, stretching to infinity. The next few minutes and miles seemed to stretch on to infinity. We pass a stretch limo carrying a woman with a masklike face that has been stretched to infinity. The subway car seemed to be elongating, the metallic ceiling stretching to infinity as he struck out at me with hands that weren't actually hands, but talons of nameless rage. The posters - showing images such as a parking lot full of spaces for disabled people and a length of highway lined with corpses stretching to infinity - are arresting and partly succeed. It was never-ending, a black blanket that stretched to infinity. No longer are they confined by the walls of a classroom; instead, the empty field stretches out to infinity, as the fog hides the horizon. To our north, the vast featureless Kazakh steppes, an area the size of Western Europe, stretched away seemingly to infinity. Other than a few inquisitive goats and a lot of cow dung, the road was empty, and it seemed to stretch on to infinity, a thin gray ribbon cutting across the arid desert. In fact, at the start of school holidays it stretched to infinity and if it seems a little shorter now, that is only in the same way as a grown-up child revisits the old family home and finds that it has shrunk. 2Mathematics A number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number (symbol ∞). Example sentencesExamples A simple infinity symbol should not need six strikes. In 1874 Georg Cantor worked out a system of degrees of infinity that solved the problem once and for all and greatly increased mathematicians' understanding of infinity and set theory. Euler asserts that the sum of the harmonic series equals the natural logarithm of infinity plus a quantity that is nearly a constant. As classically conceived, a real number can be thought of as an infinite decimal, a completed infinity. It is interesting to contrast the introduction of i into the number system with what happens when one tries to introduce the number infinity. The statue had the infinity symbol on it and was white in color. Bolzano's theories of mathematical infinity anticipated Georg Cantor's theory of infinite sets. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French infinite or Latin infinitas, from infinitus (see infinite).
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