finite
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- adjective
- /ˈfaɪnaɪt/
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limitado
- Once you understand that life is finite, you don't want to waste a moment of it.
- finite resources
- a finite number
- a finite set
This conscious relation of something that is finite to the absolute.
- This conscious relation of something that is finite to the absolute.
- It should be UV finite, as physicists say.
- I mean, the newspaper at least is a finite thing.
- You need to have a finite executable outcome.
- We're going to put the there's a finite amount of money, right?
- OK, That again is to do with the, the, the finite speed of light.
- Because it's not finite like time is.
- My Blick is compatible with any finite number of such tests.
- It's violated by the finite size of the nucleus.
- Well, how can a finite entity in finite time carry out infinite drawings?
- And yet you're just a finite being that's going to die way too soon.
- What's the difference between an infinite and a finite mindset?
- What is the infinite game and what is a finite game and what game are we playing?
Examples
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There's a finite amount of memory available in most computers, which limits their performance.
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This universe is finite, its resources finite.
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Time is finite and we are given time.
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You only have a finite amount of time to save it.
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A piece of string one inch long is finite in length and bounded by its ends.
Academic text (1991) -
There's a finite amount of memory, you can't use it for everything.
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Once you understand that life is finite, you don't want to waste a moment of it.
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In a finite world, natural resources must be managed carefully to ensure sustainability.
Synonyms
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Available only in small amounts or to a few people
Antonyms
How Limited
Surface Forms
Etymology
Finite comes from the Latin finis, meaning 'end' or 'limit' and is the same root as finish and final. So something finite is not endless — it has a limit or an end.