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finite meaning

EN[ˈfaɪnaɪt]
US
WFinite
  • Finite is the opposite of infinite. It may refer to:
  • A finite measurement (of time, length, area, etc.), — that is, a real number
  • Finite set, whose cardinality (number of elements) is some natural number
  • Finite verb, being inflected for person and for tense

    Definition of finite in English Dictionary

  • AdjectiveCOMmore finiteSUPmost finiteSUF-ite
    1. Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds.
      1. (grammar, as opposed to infinite) limited by person or number.
        1. The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • We study randomly placed inkdots as advice to probabilistic finite automata, and demonstrate the superiority of this model over its deterministic version.
        • Finally, we apply this result to obtain results concerning certain cuspidalization problems for fundamental groups of (not necessarily proper) hyperbolic curves over finite fields..
        • The match of two finite line segments in 2 dimensions requires 2 translations, 1 rotation, 1 scale transformation; the order is here important, and these operators cannot commutate.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adjectives
      Related Links:
      1. en finitely
      2. en finiteless
      3. en finiteness
      4. en finite verb
      5. en finite verbs
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of finite for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "finite" is an adjective.
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