at infinity

Examples (10)

• Parallel lines appear to meet at infinity.
• The usual convention is to choose the reference point at infinity.
• In projective geometry, two parallel lines intersect at infinity.
• The field of view of a telescope brings distant objects closer to our perception, effectively projecting objects that are at infinity.
• Physicists often consider the potential energy to be zero at infinity.
• The artist used perspective to make the road seem to vanish at infinity.
• For some functions, the limit approaches a certain value at infinity.
• The concept of a point at infinity simplifies many mathematical problems.
• In electrical engineering, ground is often considered as a reference point at infinity.
• From this viewpoint, the distant horizon seemed to extend at infinity.