Definition of Infinite

In´fi`nite
a.1.
1.Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.
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.
n.1.That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness.
2.(Math.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
3.An infinity; an incalculable or very great number.
4.The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.


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