transfinite

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A transfinite number.

   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.

2. 2
   adj

   Beyond finite.

3. 3
   adj

   Relating to transfinite numbers.

From German transfinit, coined by Georg Cantor, equivalent to trans- + finite.

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