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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):
i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a logical fallacy in which erroneous proof is proffered by prolonged repetition of the argument, i. e., the argument is repeated so many times that persons are "sick of it". ad oculos: to the eyes
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 ...
The Vermin only teaze and pinch Their Foes superior by an Inch. So, Nat'ralists observe, a Flea Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey, And these have smaller yet to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum:
ad hominem: at the person Attempting to make a point of logic by attacking an opponent's character rather than answering their argument. / ˌ æ d ˈ h ɒ m ɪ n ɛ m / ad idem: to the same thing In agreement. / ˌ æ d ˈ aɪ d ə m / ad infinitum: to infinity To continue forever. / ˌ æ d ɪ n f ɪ ˈ n aɪ t ə m / ad litem: for the case
i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a logical fallacy in which erroneous proof is proffered by prolonged repetition of the argument, i. e., the argument is repeated so many times that persons are "sick of it". ad oculos: to the eyes
Challenging the concept of eternal recurrence (the idea that the universe and its events have already occurred and will recur ad infinitum), the story's thematic meditations posit the alternative: that each person has only one life to live and that which occurs in life occurs only once and never again – thus the "lightness" of being. Moreover ...