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What does infinity mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word infinity? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) Endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
  2. (mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
  3. (countable, topology, analysis) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
  4. (uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
  5. (uncountable) The symbol ∞.
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To our north, the vast featureless Kazakh steppes, an area the size of Western Europe, stretched away seemingly to infinity.
It simply continued, going on towards infinity until finally the air itself was so thick as to be opaque.
The bluish region had now resolved itself into what appeared to be a tunnel, vanishing to infinity in the distance.
As time tends to infinity both the variance and the total number tends to zero.
Her reflection in the sparkling water below and in the clear blue air above stretches to infinity.
People have the power to contemplate and reflect upon infinity and eternity, concepts which are totally beyond the realm of the physical world.

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