Transfinite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tɹænsˈfaɪnaɪt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Transfinite is an adjective meaning Beyond finite.
Meaning
Beyond finite.
More Meanings
- (mathematics) Relating to transfinite numbers.
- A transfinite number.
Example Sentences
An interesting and perhaps essential formal model of this quality is to be found in Cantor's concepts of infinite sets and transfinite cardinals. The laws of ordinary, inductive mathematics do not apply to these, for the 'least part' of such transfinites are equal to the whole, and convey their infinite (i.e. world-like) quality.
Word Forms
- transfinites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ordinals, transhuman, supercorporeal, extrasensible, interdimensional, ultraterrestrial.
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