Infinity

n.	1.
	1.	Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity. There can not be more infinities than one; for one of them would limit the other. - Sir W. Raleigh.
	2.	Unlimited capacity, energy, excellence, or knowledge; as, the infinity of God and his perfections.
	3.	Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as an infinity of beauties.
	4.	(Math.) A quantity greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.
	5.	(Geom.) 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. 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.

Noun

1.

infinity - time without end Synonyms: eternity

1.	(mathematics)	infinity - The size of something infinite. Using the word in the context of sets is sloppy, since different infinite sets aren't necessarily the same size cardinality as each other. See also aleph 0
2.	(programming)	infinity - The largest value that can be represented in a particular type of variable (register, memory location, data type, whatever). See also minus infinity.

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