ALL meanings of infinity
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I i - noun infinity The state or quality of being infinite. 1
- noun Definition of infinity in Technology 1. (mathematics) The size of something infinite. Using the word in the context of sets is sloppy, since different infinite sets aren't necessarily the same size cardinality as each other. See also aleph 0 2. (programming) The largest value that can be represented in a particular type of variable (register, memory location, data type, whatever). See also minus infinity. 1
- noun infinity indefinitely large number 1
- noun infinity boundless space 1
- noun plural infinity the quality or state of being infinite. 1
- noun plural infinity something that is infinite. 1
- noun plural infinity infinite space, time, or quantity. 1
- noun plural infinity an infinite extent, amount, or number. 1
- noun plural infinity an indefinitely great amount or number. 1
- noun plural infinity Mathematics. the assumed limit of a sequence, series, etc., that increases without bound. infinite distance or an infinitely distant part of space. 1
- noun plural infinity Photography. a distance between a subject and the camera so great that rays of light reflected from the subject may be regarded as parallel. a distance setting of the camera lens beyond which everything is in focus. 1
- noun infinity a dimension or quantity of sufficient size to be unaffected by finite variations 0
- noun infinity the concept of a value greater than any finite numerical value 0
- noun infinity a distant ideal point at which two parallel lines are assumed to meet 0
- noun infinity the quality of being infinite 0
- noun infinity anything infinite; endless or unlimited space, time, distance, quantity, etc. 0
- noun infinity an indefinitely large number or amount 0
- noun infinity an ideal point or location thought of as being infinitely distant from the origin or base point of the space being considered 0
- noun infinity an ideal number thought of as the numerical value of an infinite quantity 0
- noun infinity a distance so far from a camera that rays of light reflected from a subject there may be regarded as parallel 0
- noun infinity a setting for such a distance on a focusing scale 0
- noun infinity (Uncountable Noun) Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size. 0
- noun infinity (Countable Noun) (mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted. 0
- noun infinity (Countable Noun) (topology, analysis) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound. 0
- noun infinity (Uncountable Noun) 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. 0
- noun infinity (Uncountable Noun) The symbol ∞. 0
- uncountable noun infinity Infinity is a number that is larger than any other number and can never be given an exact value. 0
- uncountable noun infinity Infinity is a point that is further away than any other point and can never be reached. 0
- noun infinity the state or quality of being infinite 0
- noun infinity endless time, space, or quantity 0
- noun infinity an infinitely or indefinitely great number or amount 0
- noun infinity a point that is far enough away from a lens, mirror, etc, for the light emitted by it to fall in parallel rays on the surface of the lens, etc 0