endless

Adjective
Synonyms: eternalinterminabledatelesssempiternal

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. tiresomely long; seemingly without end“endless debates”“an endless conversation”“the wait seemed eternal”“eternal quarreling”“an interminable sermon”Synonyms: eternalinterminable
  2. infinitely great in number“endless waves”
  3. having no known beginning and presumably no end“the dateless rise and fall of the tides”“time is endless”“sempiternal truth”Synonyms: datelesssempiternal
  4. having the ends united so as to form a continuous whole“an endless chain”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Endless \End"less\, a. [AS. endele['a]s. See End.]

1.Without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor. [1913 Webster]

2.Infinite; excessive; unlimited. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3.Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying. [R.] "All loves are endless." --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]

4.Void of design; objectless; as, an endless pursuit. [1913 Webster]

5.having a linear or ribbonlike form with the two ends connected together, such as in a circle, ellipse, torus, or any other closed loop. Belts or chains used in drive mechanisms are considered endless in this sense. See endless chain. [PJC]

Endless chain, a chain which is made continuous by uniting its two ends.

Endless screw. (Mech.) See under Screw.

Syn: Eternal; everlasting; interminable; infinite; unlimited; incessant; perpetual; uninterrupted; continual; unceasing; unending; boundless; undying; imperishable. [1913 Webster]

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