"transfinite" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /tɹænsˈfaɪnaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transfinite.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|transfinit}} German transfinit Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} transfinite (not comparable)
  1. Beyond finite. Tags: not-comparable Translations (beyond finite): transfiniittinen (Finnish), transfini (French), transfinit (German), transfinito (Italian), transfinito [masculine] (Portuguese), transfinito (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transfinite-en-adj-RtBjjSSB Disambiguation of 'beyond finite': 96 4
  2. (mathematics) Relating to transfinite numbers. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (relating to transfinite numbers): transfiniittinen (Finnish), трансфинитті (transfinittı) (Kazakh), pozaskończony (Polish)
    Sense id: en-transfinite-en-adj-XSbkXonm Categories (other): Infinity, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 48 50 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'relating to transfinite numbers': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: transfinite induction, transfinitely Related terms: finite, infinite, transfinity

Noun

IPA: /tɹænsˈfaɪnaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transfinite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transfinites [plural]
Etymology: From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|transfinit}} German transfinit Head templates: {{en-noun}} transfinite (plural transfinites)
  1. A transfinite number.
    Sense id: en-transfinite-en-noun-~aYx-sPm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 29 69 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 3 48 50

Inflected forms

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