[in.fin.i.ty] n, pl -ties (14c) 1 a: the quality of being infinite b: unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity: boundlessness
2: an indefinitely great number or amount "an ~ of stars" 3 a: the limit of the value of a function or variable when it tends to become numerically larger than any preassigned finite number b: a part of a geometric magnitude that lies beyond any part whose distance from a given reference position is finite "do parallel lines ever meet if they extend to ~" c: a transfinite number (as aleph-null)
4: a distance so great that the rays of light from a point source at that distance may be regarded as parallel