finite
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- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
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Definition of finite
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
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adj
- Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
- Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
- finitely generated (as a module).
noun
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A thing which has an end or limit.
“Diſagreement in Subſtance or Eſſence […] may be called Diſproportion, as, there is a Diſproportion betvveen Finites and Infinites, i.e. there is no Proportion betvveen them.”
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Etymology
The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ. The noun is derived from the adjective.
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