Infinity
Infinity , noun
[Latin infinitas; pref. in- not + finis boundary, limit, end: compare French infinité. See Finite.]
1.
Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity. — Sir T. More
There can not be more infinities than one; for one of them would limit the other.
2.
Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections. — Hooker
3.
Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties. — Broome
4.
(Mathematics) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.
Mathematically considered, infinity is always a limit of a variable quantity, resulting from a particular supposition made upon the varying element which enters it.
5.
(Geometry) That part of a line, or of a plane, or of space, which is infinitely distant. In modern geometry, parallel lines or planes are sometimes treated as lines or planes meeting at infinity.
Collocations (2)
Circle at infinity , an imaginary circle at infinity, through which, in geometry of three dimensions, every sphere is imagined to pass.
Circular points at infinity , See under Circular.