infinity | |
1. n. Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size. | |
2. n. (mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted. | |
3. n. (topology, analysis) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound. | |
4. n. 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 di | |
5. n. The symbol ∞. | |