Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.

    endlich

    коне́чныйkonéčnyj, ограни́ченныйograníčennyj

    скінче́ннийskinčénnyj, обме́женийobméženyj

  2. Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.

    (of verbs) relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person

  3. Finitely generated (as a module).

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Obviously, the theorem is true for finite sets.

    Очевидно, теорема вірна для скінченних множин. — deniko

    ruОчевидно, теорема верна для конечных множеств. — arseniiv

    deOffensichtlich ist das Theorem für endliche Mengen wahr. — MUIRIEL

  2. Languages can form an infinite number of sentences with a finite set of elements.

    За допомогою мови можна створити нескінченну кількість речень зі скінченної кількості елементів. — deniko

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  3. Love is not a finite resource.

    deLiebe ist keine begrenzte Ressource. — Lebensfreude

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  4. Converging series of numbers are finite.

    ruСходящиеся числовые ряды конечны. — Yarikkun

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  5. Is the universe infinite or finite?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
having an end or limit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having an end or limit:

Origin

The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect pa

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.

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