Meanings
- uncountableQuality of being illimitable.
The boundless capacity for repetition, and the illimitability of numbers, is typical of the character of eternity and of the infinitude of nature.
1835, Western Unitarian Association, The Western Messenger, Western Unitarian Association, page 112 more examples
The boundless capacity for repetition, and the illimitability of numbers, is typical of the character of eternity and of the infinitude of nature.
1851, Alexander Von Humboldt, Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander Von Humboldt, Volume 3, H. G. Bohn, →ISBN Invalid ISBNInfinite expresses the attribute of illimitability; as applied to Space and Time, Absolute expresses the attribute of totality (incomposite unity or indivisibility), and as applied to God, the attribute of independent existence.
1864, Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge, The North American Review, Crosby and Ainsworth, page 417
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