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ad infinitum: to infinity: i.e., enduring forever. Used to designate a property which repeats in all cases in mathematical proof. Also used in philosophical contexts to mean "repeating in all cases". ad interim (ad int.) for the meantime: As in the term "chargé d'affaires ad interim", denoting a diplomatic officer who acts in place of an ...
Examples include: "The sequence 1, 2, 3, ... continues ad infinitum." "The perimeter of a fractal may be iteratively drawn ad infinitum." The 17th-century writer Jonathan Swift incorporated the idea of self-similarity in the following lines from his satirical poem On Poetry: a Rhapsody (1733):
An argument which does not seem to have such a beginning becomes difficult to imagine. If it can be established, separately, that the chain must have a start, then a reductio ad infinitum is a valid refutation technique. reformatio in peius: change to worse: A decision from a court of appeal is amended to a worse one.
A solis ortu usque ad occasum; Ab urbe condita; Acta Apostolicae Sedis; Acta Croatica; Acta Diurna; Acta Senatus; Ad astra; Ad beatissimi Apostolorum; Ad eundem; Ad fontes; Ad hoc; Ad hominem; Ad honorem; Ad infinitum; Ad libitum; Ad maiorem Dei gloriam; Ad metalla; Ad nauseam; Ad orientem; Ad personam; Ad quod damnum; Ad sectam; Ad utrumque ...
iudex ad quem: Appellate court or court of last resort (vs. iudex a quo) iudex a quo: Lower court from which an appeal originates; originating court (vs. iudex ad quem) iura novit curia: the court knows the law The principle that the parties to a legal dispute do not need to plead or prove the law that applies to their case. ius accrescendi
4. ‘Wonderwall’ by Oasis (1995) Maybe we're old-fashioned, but we've always believed that if a song becomes a big radio hit played ad infinitum, it would be nice if the singer could sing.
The Brazilian-themed eatery has a well-earned reputation for heaping loads tableside-sliced of beef, pork, sausage, chicken, and lamb onto customers' plates ad infinitum.
Proof by assertion – a proposition is repeatedly restated regardless of contradiction; sometimes confused with argument from repetition (argumentum ad infinitum, argumentum ad nauseam). Prosecutor's fallacy – a low probability of false matches does not mean a low probability of some false match being found. [43] [44]