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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

Ad Infinitum

/æd ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/

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What does Ad Infinitum mean?

adverb

  1. Endlessly; for ever; never-endingly.

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/æd ˌɪn.fəˈnaɪ.təm/

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The size of the perforations made varies ad infinitum.
Jean-François-Albert du Pouget, marquis de NadaillacManners and Monuments of Prehistoric PeoplesTranslated by N. D'AnversProject Gutenberg ebook #3309
Something is moved; therefore something is mover, etc., ad infinitum.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444
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However slight the divergence, if it be beneficial to the individual it is likely to preserve the individual and to reappear in his offspring, and this process may be repeated ad infinitum.
Samuel ButlerCanterbury PiecesProject Gutenberg ebook #3279
Nay, then, thought I, if that you breed so fast, I'll put you by yourselves, lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out The book that I already am about.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131
Then arises a craving for more alcohol, coffee, tea, nicotine or xanthine-producing foods in order to again obtain temporary relief and stimulation, and so on, ad infinitum.
Henry LindlahrNature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & CureProject Gutenberg ebook #4273