infinity

infinito

Idea matemática de una cantidad mayor que cualquier número al que se pueda llegar contando.

En inglés sencillo: The mathematical idea of a quantity larger than any number you can count to.

• You cannot count to infinity.
• The symbol for infinity looks like a sideways eight.
• As the value approaches infinity, the curve becomes flatter.

Sinónimos: mul:∞

Expresiones frecuentes: approach infinity, positive infinity, negative infinity

infinitud

Condición de lo que no tiene fin ni límite en el tiempo, el espacio o el tamaño.

En inglés sencillo: The state of having no end or limit in time, space, or size.

• The road seemed to stretch into infinity.
• She wondered about the infinity of space.
• Looking at the stars gave him a sense of infinity.

Sinónimos: endlessness, limitlessness

Expresiones frecuentes: stretch into infinity, the infinity beyond, infinity of space

infinito

Valor tan grande frente a otros de un cálculo que se considera ilimitado.

En inglés sencillo: A value so large compared with other values in a calculation that it is treated as having no limit.

• In this model, that distance is effectively infinity.
• We treated the large resistance as infinity to simplify the calculation.
• For this approximation, the much larger value counts as infinity.

Expresiones frecuentes: effectively infinity, take as infinity, approximate by infinity