Definition of infinate
1. infinite [ a ] having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
Examples:
"the infinite ingenuity of man"
"infinite wealth"
(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)
We know that the number of radio and television impulses , sound_waves , ultra-violet rays , etc. , that may occupy the very same space , each solitary upon its own frequency , is infinite .
So we may conceive the coexistence of the infinite number of universal , apparently momentary states_of_matter , successive one_after_another in consciousness , but permanent each on its own basic phase of the progressive frequencies .
that the dream was a reality on the infinite progressions of universal , gradient frequencies , across which the modern professor and the priest of ancient Nippur met ?
(R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)
In the following paper it is shown that in a certain definite sense , exactly an odd number of squares can be inscribed in every such curve which does not contain an infinite number of inscribed squares .
This prevents the occurrence of an infinite sequence of isolated tangent points .
Synonyms infinite Related Terms finite endless inexhaustible boundless dateless immortal2. infinite [ a ] too numerous to be counted
Examples:
"incalculable riches"
"countless hours"
"an infinite number of reasons"
"innumerable difficulties"
"the multitudinous seas"
"myriad stars"
"untold thousands"
3. infinite [ a ] (grammar) of verbs; having neither person nor number nor mood (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)
Examples:
"infinite verb form"
4. infinite [ a ] total and all-embracing
Examples:
"God's infinite wisdom"
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