finite
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; I terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
Audio (California): (file)
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.nʌɪt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɑɪ.nɑɪt/
- Rhymes: -aɪt
- Hyphenation: fi‧nite
Adjective
[edit]finite (comparative more finite, superlative most finite)
- Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
- Synonym: limited
- (grammar, as opposed to infinite or nonfinite) Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number. [from 19th c.]
- The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb, the third-person singular.
- (ring theory, of a module (or algebra) over a ring) finitely generated (as a module).
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- finite automaton
- finite capacity planning
- finite continued fraction
- finite deterrence
- finite difference
- finite-dimensional
- finite element
- finite field
- finite generator
- finite geometry
- finitely
- finitely generated
- finiteness
- finite set
- finite-state automaton
- finite-state machine
- finite state machine
- locally finite
- non-finite
- nonfinite
- non-finite verb
- unfinite
- σ-finite measure
Related terms
[edit]terms derived from finite (adjective)
Translations
[edit]having an end or limit
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grammar: limited by person or number
Noun
[edit]finite (plural finites)
- A thing which has an end or limit.
- 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “A Brief Scheme of Ontology: Or The Science of Being in General; […]. Chap[ter] XIII. Of Agreement and Difference, of Sameness, and the Doctrine of Opposites.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, […], London: […] Richard Ford […], and Richard Hett […], →OCLC, pages 384–385:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]thing which has an end or limit
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Esperanto
[edit]Adverb
[edit]finite
- past adverbial passive participle of fini
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]finite
- inflection of finit:
Ido
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]finite
- adverbial past passive participle of finar
Interlingua
[edit]Participle
[edit]finite
- past participle of finir
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]finite
Participle
[edit]finite f pl
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]finite
- inflection of finire:
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /fiːˈniː.teː/, [fiːˈniːt̪eː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fiˈni.te/, [fiˈniːt̪e]
Adverb
[edit]fīnītē (not comparable)
- To a certain extent, within limits; limited.
- Antonym: īnfīnītē
- Definitely, specifically.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “finite”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]finite
- second-person singular voseo imperative of finir combined with te
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