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Infinite   /ˈɪnfənət/   Listen
adjective
Infinite  adj.  
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."
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." "O God, how infinite thou art!"
3.
Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious. "Infinite riches in a little room." "Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life."
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.
Synonyms: Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.



noun
Infinite  n.  
1.
That which is infinite; boundless space or duration; infinity; boundlessness. "Not till the weight is heaved from off the air, and the thunders roll down the horizon, will the serene light of God flow upon us, and the blue infinite embrace us again."
2.
(Math.) An infinite quantity or magnitude.
3.
An infinity; an incalculable or very great number. "Glittering chains, embroidered richly o'er With infinite of pearls and finest gold."
4.
The Infinite Being; God; the Almighty.






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"Infinite" Quotes from Famous Books



... from my newly purchased farm in Connecticut, however, I had not been working for money or popular approval, but for my own pleasure. There was a Work upon which I spent only special hours of delicious leisure and infinite labor. It held all that was forbidden to popular compositions; depth and sorrow and dissonances dearer than harmony. I called it a Symphony Polynesian, and I had spent years in study of barbaric music, instruments and kindred ...
— The Thing from the Lake • Eleanor M. Ingram

... this shelly and sandy islet the sea stretched blue and infinite without a speck of land or sail; the same as Turnbull had first seen it, except that the tide being out it showed a few yards more of slanting sand under the roots of the rocks. But on the fourth side the island exhibited a more extraordinary ...
— The Ball and The Cross • G.K. Chesterton

... said—"that infinite void under which an ocean wallows. It is like hell, I think. Do you understand how I ...
— The Reckoning • Robert W. Chambers

... big pipe and wearing baggy breeches and wooden shoes came up and surveyed us with kindly amusement, as Simmons scraped at me with infinite gusto. He was a Hollander; not a "Dutchman." We soon learned that the latter was a term of contempt applied by the former ...
— The Escape of a Princess Pat • George Pearson

... is attended with infinite difficulty and perplexity to the Resident and Government; and is at the same time exceedingly odious to the people and Government of Oude. Officers commanding regiments and companies have much trouble with such petitions. Able to hear only one side of any question, they think that the ...
— A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II • William Sleeman


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