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English Dictionary: infinite	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infinite adj having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth" Antonym(s): finite of verbs; having neither person nor number nor mood (as a participle or gerund or infinitive); "infinite verb form" Synonym(s): infinite, non-finite Antonym(s): finite too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" Synonym(s): countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable total and all-embracing; "God's infinite wisdom" n the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite" Synonym(s): space, infinite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinite \In"finite\, n. 1. That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness. Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite* embrace us again. --J. Martineau. 2. (Math.) An infinite quantity or magnitude. 3. An infinity; an incalculable or very great number. Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er With infinite of pearls and finest gold. --Fanshawe. 4. The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infinite \In"finite\, a. [L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See {In-} not, and {Finite}.] 1. Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite* duration or distance. Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least can not sink. --H. Brooke. 2. Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to {finite}. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite. --Ps. cxlvii. 5. O God, how infinite thou art! --I. Watts. 3. Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious. Infinite riches in a little room. --Marlowe. Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life. --Milton. 4. (Math.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities. 5. (Mus.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also {perpetual fugues}, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). Syn: Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
infinite adj. [common] Consisting of a large number of objects; extreme. Used very loosely as in: "This program produces infinite garbage." "He is an infinite loser." The word most likely to follow `infinite', though, is {hair}. (It has been pointed out that fractals are an excellent example of infinite hair.) These uses are abuses of the word's mathematical meaning. The term `semi-infinite', denoting an immoderately large amount of some resource, is also heard. "This compiler is taking a semi-infinite amount of time to optimize my program." See also {semi}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
infinite 1. Bigger than any {natural number}. There are various formal set definitions in {set theory}: a set X is infinite if (i) There is a bijection between X and a proper subset of X. (ii) There is an injection from the set N of natural numbers to X. (iii) There is an injection from each natural number n to X. These definitions are not necessarily equivalent unless we accept the {Axiom of Choice}. 2. The length of a line extended indefinitely. See also {infinite loop}, {infinite set}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-03-29)