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| | *understanding other terms: infinity helps define other terms concisely, such as "open circuit" (infinite resistance); | | *understanding other terms: infinity helps define other terms concisely, such as "open circuit" (infinite resistance); |
| | *[[Resurrection]]: personal awareness of infinite time implies, as a matter of logic, personal realization of infinite time; | | *[[Resurrection]]: personal awareness of infinite time implies, as a matter of logic, personal realization of infinite time; |
| − | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> and | + | *[[Abraham Lincoln]]: "Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality";<ref>https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/abraham_lincoln_121271</ref> |
| | + | *as to dignity, "Infinite Dignity" is the title of a [[Vatican]] document condemning transgender procedures as published on April 8, 2024;<ref>https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/04/08/240408c.html</ref> |
| | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance; and | | *in [[infinity in engineering|engineering]]: in a DC circuit, a capacitor has infinite resistance, while [[Earth]] has infinite capacitance; and |
| | *in carpentry and [[materials science]]: wood of infinite density is needed to build a spiral staircase with multiple twists and no supporting column, which can hold a dozen people at once - see [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. | | *in carpentry and [[materials science]]: wood of infinite density is needed to build a spiral staircase with multiple twists and no supporting column, which can hold a dozen people at once - see [[Loretto spiral staircase]]. |