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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
In·fi·nite
a.
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
.
Syn:
--
Boundless
;
immeasurable
;
illimitable
;
interminable
;
limitless
;
unlimited
;
endless
;
eternal
.
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