In-fīn'i-ty, n.
n. [Fr. infinité, Pr. infinitat, Sp. infinidad, It. infinita, Lat. infinitas, from prefix in, not, and finis, boundary, limit, end.]
Sense 1. Unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; boundlessness.
Sense 2. Unlimited capacity, energy, or excellence; as, the infinity of God and his perfections; the infinity of his existence, his knowledge, his power, his goodness, and holiness.
Sense 3. Endless or indefinite number; great multitude; as, an infinity of beauties.
Sense 4. (Math.) The state of a quantity when greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind.
Mathematically considered, infinity is always a limit of a variable quantity, resulting from a particular supposition made upon the varying element which enters it. Math. Dict.