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infinity
noun infinities
    1. Space, time, distance or quantity that is without limit or boundaries.
      Thesaurus: endlessness, everlastingness, immeasurableness, limitlessness, boundlessness, perpetuity, eternity, infinite space, ubiquity, vastness.
    2. loosely
      A quantity, space, time or distance that is too great to be measured.
    3a. math.
      (symbol ∞) a number that is larger than any finite value, that can be approached but never reached, because the sequence of natural numbers continues indefinitely;
    3b. math.
      (symbol ∞) the reciprocal of zero, ie &onetenth;.
    4. The quality or state of being infinite.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin infinitas.



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