infinitude

noun

in·fin·i·tude in-ˈfi-nə-ˌtüd

-ˌtyüd

: the quality or state of being infinite : infiniteness

: something that is infinite especially in extent

: an infinite number or quantity

Examples of infinitude in a Sentence

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Any region of the boundary would have an infinite amount of entanglement, since the quantum ripples in that patch would be entangled with the infinitude of ripples outside it. —

Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 This sort of mundanity might send you searching for Charlie’s beatific infinitude—searching, perhaps, in a rowdy little paperback whose logo promises wild delights. —

Hazlitt, 4 May 2022 Apple Music offers you the same gorgeous infinitude. —

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2022 The Standard Model is one such QFT, depicting fundamental particles like electrons as fuzzy bumps that emerge from an infinitude of electron fields. —

Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for infinitude

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French & New Latin; French, going back to Middle French, borrowed from New Latin infīnītūdō, from Latin infīnītus "indefinite, having no limit, infinite entry 1" + -ūdō, extracted from -tūdō -tude (taking the -t- as the termination of a participle or adjective)

First Known Use

1641, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of infinitude was in 1641

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