infinity

CEFRC1

/ɪnˈfɪnɪti/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A state or amount without any end or limit.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.

Examples

  • Infinity can't really be understood by the human mind.

  • The two mirrors facing each other created a repeating image that went on to infinity.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ɪnˈfɪnɪɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.

  2. endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.

  3. 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.

More examples

In context

  • The desert stretched out toward the horizon as if into infinity.

  • concept of infinity

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinité, from Latin īnfīnitās (“unlimitedness”), from negative prefix in- (“not”), + fīnis (“end”), + noun of state suffix -tās.