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Definition of Ad infinitum
1. Adverb. To infinity; without or seemingly without limit. "Talked on and on ad infinitum"
Definition of Ad infinitum
1. Adverb. Endlessly; for ever; neverendingly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad Infinitum
Literary usage of Ad infinitum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"For however quick a movement may be, we can conceive of one still more so; and
so on ad infinitum, without ever reaching one that would be swift to such a ..."
2. Lectures on the Nature and Use of Money: Delivered Before the Members of the by John Gray (1848)
"In the aggregate, it would be as easy to sell goods as it is to buy them, and
that ad infinitum ; and the words Supply and Demand would be just two names ..."
3. Miscellanea Curiosa: Containing a Collection of Some of the Principal by James Hodgson, William Derham, Richard Mead, Royal Society (Great Britain), Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) (1708)
"... of certain Equations of the Third, Fifth , Seventh, Ninth Powers, and Jo OH
ad Infinitum, infinite Terms, after the manner of Cardan'* Rules for ..."
4. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Municipal and Local Courts' Gazette by William S. Hein & Company (1858)
"... of the bill that explained the bill that amended the bill that imposed the
tax; and such measures ad infinitum, it is time to reduce and to consolidate. ..."
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