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finite
/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
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What does finite mean?
adjective
- 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).
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noun
- A thing which has an end or limit.
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“Unless it were a transfinite number falling in love with a finite one—I suppose such things do happen, even in mathematics.”
But most of the difficulty of inducing children to learn would disappear if our demands became not only definite but finite.
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The fact that God is FINITE is one upon which those who think clearly among the new believers are very insistent.
Therefore, all Divine revelation of infinite truth is limited and finite as to its conception, when revealed through a finite capacity.
The higher we rise, the better we see that life on this planet is the going up from the Finite to the Infinite.