What is "perpetual fugues"

Infinite \In"fi*nite\, a. [L. infinitus: cf. F. infini. See In- not, and Finite.]

1. Unlimited or boundless, in time or space; as, infinite duration or distance.

   Whatever is finite, as finite, will admit of no comparative relation with infinity; for whatever is less than infinite is still infinitely distant from infinity; and lower than infinite distance the lowest or least can not sink.
   --H. Brooke.

2. Without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence; boundless; immeasurably or inconceivably great; perfect; as, the infinite wisdom and goodness of God; -- opposed to finite.

   Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite.
   --Ps. cxlvii. 5.

   O God, how infinite thou art!
   --I. Watts.

3. Indefinitely large or extensive; great; vast; immense; gigantic; prodigious.

   Infinite riches in a little room.
   --Marlowe.

   Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life.
   --Milton.

4. (Math.) Greater than any assignable quantity of the same kind; -- said of certain quantities.

5. (Mus.) Capable of endless repetition; -- said of certain forms of the canon, called also perpetual fugues, so constructed that their ends lead to their beginnings, and the performance may be incessantly repeated.
   --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

   Syn: Boundless; immeasurable; illimitable; interminable; limitless; unlimited; endless; eternal.