infinity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INFIN'ITY, noun [Latin infinitas.] 1. Unlimited extent of time, space or quantity; boundlessness. We apply infinity to God and his perfections; we speak of the infinity of his existence, his knowledge, his power, his goodness and holiness. 2. Immensity; indefinite extent. 3. Endless or indefinite number; a hyperbolical use of the word; as an infinity of beauties.
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