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in·fin·i·ty  (n-fn-t)
n. pl. in·fin·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being infinite.
2. Unbounded space, time, or quantity.
3. An indefinitely large number or amount.
4. Mathematics The limit that a function is said to approach at x = a when (x) is larger than any preassigned number for all x sufficiently near a.
5.
a. A range in relation to an optical system, such as a camera lens, representing distances great enough that light rays reflected from objects within the range may be regarded as parallel.
b. A distance setting, as on a camera, beyond which the entire field is in focus.

infinity
Noun
pl -ties
1. an infinitely great number or amount
2. endless time, space, or quantity
3. Maths the concept of a value greater than any finite numerical value

infinity  (n-fn-t)
A space, extent of time, or quantity that has no limit.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.infinityinfinity - time without end
time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
alpha and omega - the first and last; signifies God's eternity

infinity
Translations
Spanish infinity [ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ] n (MATH) → infinito;
an infinity → infinidad f

French infinity [ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ] ninfinité f;
(also Math) → infini m

German infinity [ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ] nUnendlichkeit f;
(Math, Phot) → Unendliche nt;
an infinity of ... → unendlich viel(e) ...

Italian infinity [ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ] ninfinità;
(also MATH) → infinito

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My mother -- my own mother, who died early, Was but the mother of myself; but you Are mother to the one I loved so dearly, And thus are dearer than the mother I knew By that infinity with which my wife Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life.
I exercise myself in reflection, and consequently with me every primary cause at once draws after itself another still more primary, and so on to infinity.
There was an infinity of firmest fortitude, a determinate unsurrenderable wilfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance.
 
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