Finite

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finite \Fi"nite\, a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See {Finish},
     and cf. {Fine}, a.]
     Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity;
     bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite
     existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  finite
       adj 1: bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal
              extent [ant: {infinite}]
       2: of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in
          time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number
          and person [ant: {infinite}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  85 Moby Thesaurus words for "finite":
     Adamite, Adamitic, algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot,
     anthropocentric, anthropological, bound, bounded, cardinal,
     conditioned, confined, copyrighted, countable, cramped, decimal,
     definable, defined, definite, delimited, determinate, differential,
     digital, disciplined, earthy, even, exact, exponential, figural,
     figurate, figurative, fixed, fleshly, fractional, frail, hominal,
     homocentric, human, humanistic, imaginary, impair, impossible,
     infinite, integral, irrational, limited, logarithmic, logometric,
     man-centered, moderated, mortal, narrow, negative, numerable,
     numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, only human, ordinal,
     pair, patented, positive, possible, precise, prescribed, prime,
     proscribed, qualified, radical, rational, real, reciprocal,
     restricted, specific, strait, straitened, submultiple, surd,
     tellurian, terminable, transcendental, unangelic, weak
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  finite
       
          {compact}