Finite
['faɪnaɪt]
Definition
(adj.) bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent .
(adj.) of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person .
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Definition
(a.) Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Bounded, limited, terminable.
Editor: Nicolas
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Limited, bounded, terminable, restricted
ANT:Unlimited, unbounded, infinite
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Definition
adj. having an end or limit: subject to limitations or conditions as time space—opp. to Infinite (q.v.).—adj. Fī′nīteless without end or limit.—adv. Fī′nītely.—ns. Fī′nīteness Fin′itūde.
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Examples
- Nothing that any finite mind could discover. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Our most de finite information concerning Egyptian medicine belongs to the same general period as the mathematical document to which we have just referred. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The old, crude form of ballot forgot that finite beings had to operate it. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We try to believe that, however finite we may be, our intellect is something apart from the cycle of our life, capable by an Olympian detachment from human interests of a divine thoroughness. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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