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Specifically, we propose the concept of the adjective \u201cbig\u201d as a mathematical operator, furthermore, the concept of so-called \u201cbig\u201d logically and naturally fits the concept of being \u201clinguistics variable\u201d as per fuzzy logic research community for decades. The consequence of adopting such a mathematical modeling can be profoundly considered as an abstraction of the technologies, systems, tools for data management and processing that transforms data into big data. In addition, the concept of infinity of the big data is based on the theory of calculus and the set theory. Furthermore, the concept of relativity of the big data, as we find out, is based on the operations of the fuzzy subsets theory. 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