by the yard vs infinite

by the yard

infinite

noun
  • Something that is infinite in nature. 

  • A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption. 

num
  • Infinitely many. 

adj
  • Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable. 

  • Infinitely many. 

  • Having infinitely many elements. 

  • Not limited by person or number. 

  • Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense. 

  • Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless. 

  • Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings. 

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