transfinite

English

Etymology

From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹænsˈfaɪnaɪt/[1]

Adjective

transfinite (not comparable)

  1. Beyond finite.
  2. (mathematics) Relating to transfinite numbers.

Translations

Noun

transfinite (plural transfinites)

  1. A transfinite number.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      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.

References

German

Adjective

transfinite

  1. inflected form of transfinit

Italian

Adjective

transfinite

  1. Feminine plural form of transfinito
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