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Meaning of FINITE

Pronunciation:  'fInIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
  2. [adj]  (grammar) of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
 
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 Synonyms: bounded, delimited, exhaustible, impermanent, limited, tensed
 
 Antonyms: infinite, non-finite
 
 See Also: mortal

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

compact

 
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