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transfinite

/trans-fahy-nahyt/US // trænsˈfaɪ naɪt //UK // (trænsˈfaɪnaɪt) //

无限的,无限大的,无限大,无限

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : going beyond or surpassing the finite.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : transfinite number.

Examples

  • And he has occupied himself in comparing these transfinite cardinal numbers.

  • Unless it were a transfinite number falling in love with a finite one—I suppose such things do happen, even in mathematics.

  • Operational instructions, too, were transmitted and were acted upon with thought's transfinite speed.

  • Diversity is finite although it may be admitted to be transfinite, or greater than any assignable value.

  • Yet it is transfinite in the sense that it transcends the comprehension of finite minds or processes.