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infiniteness

/in-fuh-nit/US // ˈɪn fə nɪt //UK // (ˈɪnfɪnɪt) //

无限性,无穷无尽,无限,无限大

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
    • : indefinitely or exceedingly great: infinite sums of money.
    • : unlimited or unmeasurable in extent of space, duration of time, etc.: the infinite nature of outer space.
    • : unbounded or unlimited; boundless; endless: God's infinite mercy.
    • : Mathematics. not finite. having elements that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with a subset that is not the given set.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is infinite.
    • : Mathematics. an infinite quantity or magnitude.
    • : the boundless regions of space.
    • : the Infinite, God.

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Examples

  • Only by using a technique dubbed “renormalization,” which involved carefully concealing infinite quantities, could researchers sidestep bogus predictions.

  • Now Jayadev Athreya, David Aulicino and Patrick Hooper have shown that an infinite number of such paths do in fact exist on the dodecahedron.

  • The technique effectively helps mathematicians solve problems — some with infinite possibilities — by turning them into discrete, finite problems.

  • The photon is massless, and so electromagnetism has an infinite range.

  • As a consequence, inflation can’t help but produce a multiverse — a technicolor existence with an infinite variety of pocket universes, one of which we call home.

  • He asked the first local he could find if he had arrived on an island, and was assured that he had, but that it was infinite.

  • He was informed indeed he had, however the island was infinite.

  • It is the principle of infinite compossibility—the idea that no two things must rule each other out.

  • The Infinity Stones are six magical stones that, when inserted into the Infinity Gauntlet, grant the wearer infinite power.

  • Teasers to Reverse Flash and Crisis on Infinite Earths will appease geeky fanboys.

  • What of the infinite goodness of God in teaching the grub of the ichneumon-fly to eat up the cabbage caterpillar alive?

  • I see no infinite goodness here, but only the infinite foolishness of sentimental superstition.

  • There were infinite possibilities for "the greaser" to pocket a goodly share of the profits, and "cover up his tracks."

  • He took infinite pains with everything and his enthusiasm knew no bounds.

  • Miss Anne went on to talk of Jean, a miraculous infant of infinite graces and accomplishments.