infinity : Idioms & Phrases


Circle at infinity

  • an imaginary circle at infinity, through which, in geometry of three dimensions, every sphere is imagined to pass.
Webster 1913

Circular points at infinity

  • (Geom.), two imaginary points at infinite distance through which every circle in the plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass.
Webster 1913

Plane at infinity

  • (Geom.), a plane in which points infinitely distant are conceived as situated.
Webster 1913