Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mode or quality of being finite, in any sense; a finite state or condition; limited quality or character as regards extent, duration, power, etc.: as, the finiteness of our natural powers; the finiteness of a number.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being finite.
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- noun The state or quality of being
finite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being finite
Etymologies
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Examples
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Beauty, says Schiller, proves "the compatibility of both natures ... the practicability of the infinite in finiteness, and consequently the possibility of a sublime humanity" (Letters, 123).
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This "finiteness" of being falsified not only out notions being but also of Dasein.
enowning enowning 2008
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This "finiteness" of being falsified not only out notions being but also of Dasein.
Archive 2008-01-01 enowning 2008
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Bonnay (2008) argues for a different criterion, invariance under potential isomorphism, which counts finite cardinality quantifiers and the notion of finiteness as logical, while excluding the higher cardinality quantifiers ” thus “[setting] the boundary between logic and mathematics somewhere between arithmetic and set theory”
Logical Constants MacFarlane, John 2009
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His second point is the "finiteness" of the globe.
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It supplies important information about tense and 'finiteness'.
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It supplies important information about tense and 'finiteness'.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows geniusroi 2010
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So you are obliged to accept your burden, finiteness, and suffering and then connect to the people around you.
Archive 2010-08-01 Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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So you are obliged to accept your burden, finiteness, and suffering and then connect to the people around you.
Hurricane Katrina: The Spirit of New Orleans Olga Bonfiglio 2010
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Addressing our daily struggles with self-actualization, her work takes our finiteness as a given.
James Scarborough: Lisa Adams and the Spirituality of Imperfection James Scarborough 2011
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