its just a word that we use to describe such a situation.
Agreed, but unless we can have some degree of understanding of what our words mean, then language becomes worthless, discussion pointless and the "situation" we are trying to describe remains undescribed.
In the same way that in science the word “nothing” has evolved to a point where it has become necessary to use “absolute nothing” where once “nothing” would have sufficed; so we have, perhaps reached a point where we have to use “absolutely infinite” to differentiate between the scientific usage of infinity and that which is truly infinite.
Of course, one can point imperiously to the Greek or Latin origins of our words, but English is a living, developing language. Modern usage is much more relevant to scientific discussion.
endless is a measurement.
infinite is a measurement.
It has been pointed out elsewhere that, etymologically, infinite = endless; so something can have a beginning, but as long as it never ends, it is infinite.
A few moments thought reveals the absurdity of this. Beginning and end are perspective dependent. Turn around and the beginning becomes the end.
This also argues that something finite can become infinite, which is completely illogical.
to say that something is an infinite number of kilometers is a measurement.
I am not going to get into the etymology of “measurement”, but to say that an infinite number of anything is a measurement is clearly wrong, because you could never use it to determine the dimensions or quantity of anything. Nor could you ever measure its extent.
