Aristotle distinguished 'potential infinity' from 'actual infinity', and unboundedness corresponds to the former—traversability without end—while infinitude requires the latter, actual inexhaustible magnitude.
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potential infinity(Contrasted with 'actual infinity'; intuitionists typically accept only potential infinities in the Aristotelian tradition)
An infinity understood as an ongoing, never-completed process of extension, as opposed to a completed totality
unboundedness(Riemann distinguishes unboundedness (an empirical certainty) from infinitude (not entailed by unboundedness).)
The property of space having no edges or boundaries, such that one can travel indefinitely without reaching an end — distinct from infinite spatial extent.