Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 16 compound words that contain infinite. The most common are listed below. Open infinite in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- infinite loopA loop which continues indefinitely.
- Infinite number
- infinite seriesAny expression that represents the addition a countably infinite number of ordered summands, often explicitly indexed by the positive or nonnegative integers.
- infinite scrollA web design technique that loads more content as the user scrolls towards the end of the loaded content. This prevents the browser scroll bar from scrolling to the bottom of the page, causing the page to grow with additional content …
- infinite descentA method of proof by contradiction that is used to prove that a statement must be false for all positive integers. By showing that if it is true for one integer, it must be true for a smaller integer, an infinite number of solutions are …
- infinite-dimensionalOf or pertaining to a space, structure, or system that has an infinite number of dimensions; not finite-dimensional.
- infinite hotel paradoxA thought experiment illustrating a counterintuitive property of infinite sets, showing that a fully occupied hotel with infinitely many rooms can still accommodate any number of additional guests.
- semi-infiniteInvolving a finite number of variables but an infinite number of constraints, or vice versa.
- infinite monkey theoremThe proposition that a monkey hitting keys independently and at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare.
- countably infiniteThat is both countable and infinite; having the same cardinality as the set of natural numbers; formally, such that a bijection exists from ℕ to the set.
- infinite recursionAny recursion that continues without end.
- infinite canonSynonym of perpetual canon: A limited type of canon in which three or more voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different …
- infinite runnerSynonym of endless runner: A style of platform game in which the player character runs non-stop through a hazardous course, and must be guided to jump, duck, etc. to avoid the hazards.
- infinite regressA regress into an infinite sequence of propositions in an attempt to found the truth of the proposition Pᵢ on the truth of the proposition Pᵢ₊₁.
- infinite loopsplural of infinite loop: A loop which continues indefinitely.
- infinite continued fractionA continued fraction that goes on forever
- doubly infinitebiinfinite
- infinite regressesplural of infinite regress: A regress into an infinite sequence of propositions in an attempt to found the truth of the proposition Pᵢ on the truth of the proposition Pᵢ₊₁.
- bi-infiniteAlternative spelling of biinfinite: Infinite in both directions, having neither a first nor a last element.
- infinite suicideA diabolo trick where a large number of suicides are performed consecutively.
- non-infiniteAlternative form of noninfinite: Not infinite; finite.
- infinite runnersplural of infinite runner: A style of platform game in which the player character runs non-stop through a hazardous course, and must be guided to jump, duck, etc. to avoid the hazards.
- infinite suicidesplural of infinite suicide: A diabolo trick where a large number of suicides are performed consecutively.
- infinite continued fractionsplural of infinite continued fraction: A continued fraction that goes on forever
- infinite canonsplural of infinite canon: A limited type of canon in which three or more voices sing exactly the same melody at the unison (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different …
Compound words 16
- infinifatExtremely obese.
- infinitismThe view that knowledge may be justified by an infinitely long chain of reasoning.
- infinigonA polygon with an infinite number of sides.
- infinitistRelating to infinitism.
- pseudoinfinitePertaining to a finite number that, in a given context, has the property of infinite; it is so large as to be indistinguishable from infinite in a particular scenario.
- uninfiniteNot infinite; finite.
- biinfiniteInfinite in both directions, having neither a first nor a last element.
- coinfiniteEqually infinite.
- infinitillionAn unspecified large number.
- infinitizeTo make infinite.