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transfinite number

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. an infinite cardinal or ordinal number.


transfinite number

noun

  1. a cardinal or ordinal number used in the comparison of infinite sets for which several types of infinity can be classified

    the set of integers and the set of real numbers have different transfinite numbers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


transfinite number

/ trăns-fīnīt′ /

  1. A number that is greater than any finite number.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of transfinite number1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Unless it were a transfinite number falling in love with a finite one—I suppose such things do happen, even in mathematics.

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