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单词 transfinite
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Definition of transfinite in English:

transfinite

adjective transˈfʌɪnʌɪttrɑːns--nz-tran(t)sˈfīˌnīt
Mathematics
  • Relating to or denoting a number corresponding to an infinite set in the way that a natural number denotes or counts members of a finite set.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The book shows how this notion can be used to form various kinds of infinities such as the projective plane, transfinite numbers, and infinitesimals.
    • In 1905 Bernstein published an important article on transfinite ordinal numbers.
    • In 1902 Zermelo published his first work on set theory which was on the addition of transfinite cardinals.
    • The major achievement of the Grundlagen was its presentation of the transfinite numbers as an autonomous and systematic extension of the natural numbers.
    • He denoted the number of natural numbers by the transfinite number (pronounced aleph-nought or aleph-null).

Rhymes

finite
 
 

Definition of transfinite in US English:

transfinite

adjectivetran(t)sˈfīˌnīt
  • 1Mathematics
    Relating to or denoting a number corresponding to an infinite set in the way that a natural number denotes or counts members of a finite set.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1902 Zermelo published his first work on set theory which was on the addition of transfinite cardinals.
    • In 1905 Bernstein published an important article on transfinite ordinal numbers.
    • He denoted the number of natural numbers by the transfinite number (pronounced aleph-nought or aleph-null).
    • The book shows how this notion can be used to form various kinds of infinities such as the projective plane, transfinite numbers, and infinitesimals.
    • The major achievement of the Grundlagen was its presentation of the transfinite numbers as an autonomous and systematic extension of the natural numbers.
  • 2Beyond or surpassing the finite.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's perfectly simple, I go in, perform the ritual, bask in the transfinite mysteries of the unknowable heatless void, and then we leave.
 
 
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