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Meaning of "finite" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FINITE

From Latin fīnītus limited, from fīnīre to limit, end.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FINITE

finite  [ˈfaɪnaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FINITE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Finite is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FINITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Finite

Finite is the opposite of infinite. It may refer to: ▪ A finite measurement, — that is, a real number ▪ Finite set, whose cardinality is some natural number ▪ Finite verb, being inflected for person and for tense...

Definition of finite in the English dictionary

The first definition of finite in the dictionary is bounded in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent. Other definition of finite is limited or restricted in nature. Finite is also denoting any form or occurrence of a verb inflected for grammatical features such as person, number, and tense.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FINITE


all-night
ˌɔːlˈnaɪt
amblygonite
æmˈblɪɡəˌnaɪt
bainite
ˈbeɪnaɪt
crinite
ˈkraɪnaɪt
Darwinite
ˈdɑːwɪnaɪt
ignite
ɪɡˈnaɪt
kainite
ˈkaɪnaɪt
knight
naɪt
late-night
ˈleɪtnaɪt
midnight
ˈmɪdˌnaɪt
night
naɪt
nite
naɪt
nonfinite
ˌnɒnˈfaɪnaɪt
overnight
ˌəʊvəˈnaɪt
pinite
ˈpɪnaɪt
prehnite
ˈpreɪnaɪt
reunite
ˌriːjuːˈnaɪt
tonight
təˈnaɪt
transfinite
trænsˈfaɪnaɪt
unite
juːˈnaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FINITE

finicky
fining
finings
finis
finish
finish line
finished
finished product
finisher
finishing
finishing line
finishing school
finishing touch
Finisterre
finite state grammar
finitely
finiteness
finitism
finito
finitude

WORDS THAT END LIKE FINITE

axinite
bismuthinite
ciminite
definite
erinite
franklinite
gadolinite
granite
indefinite
infinite
kaolinite
langbeinite
nephelinite
penninite
rabbinite
retinite
serpentinite
uraninite
vanadinite
vulpinite
Wisconsinite

Synonyms and antonyms of finite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FINITE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «finite» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of finite

Translation of «finite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FINITE

Find out the translation of finite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of finite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «finite» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有限的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

finito
570 millions of speakers

English

finite
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिमित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محدود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

конечное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

finito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সসীম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fini
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terhingga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

begrenzt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

限りのある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

한정된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Finite
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hữu hạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வரையறுக்கப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मर्यादित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sınırlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

finito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skończony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кінцеве
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

finit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πεπερασμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beperkte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ändlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

finite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of finite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FINITE»

The term «finite» is very widely used and occupies the 14.477 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FINITE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «finite» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «finite» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about finite

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10 QUOTES WITH «FINITE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word finite.
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Shawn Achor
Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.
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Neil Armstrong
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
3
Hans Urs von Balthasar
The first attempt at a response: there must have been a fall, a decline, and the road to salvation can only be the return of the sensible finite into the intelligible infinite.
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H. G. Bissinger
Athletics: it's a wonderful thing, it's a spell-binding thing, nothing in life has quite as much pageantry, as much emotion within a finite time frame, it's incredibly exciting.
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Helena Blavatsky
Everything that is, was, and will be, eternally IS, even the countless forms, which are finite and perishable only in their objective, not in their ideal Form.
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Larry Brilliant
The point of life is to transcend the smallness of the finite self by identifying with things that last.
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Giordano Bruno
The intellectual power is never at rest; it is never satisfied with any comprehended truth, but ever proceeds on and on towards that truth which is not comprehended. So also the will, which follows the apprehension; we see that it is never satisfied with anything finite.
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Edward Burtynsky
The bigger question is how does a rogue species called humans - whose population just blew through the seven billion mark on it's way to nine billion members - manage to survive the next century on a planet with finite resources, without destroying its delicate balance in the process.
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Gary Cohn
There is a finite group of major financial players... and overall, the best thing for all of us is to be in an industry that's well respected, well regarded, and well thought of.
10
Jim Costa
Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FINITE»

Discover the use of finite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to finite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Finite Element Analysis: Theory and Programming
The finite element formulations are developed through easy-to-follow derivations for the analysis of plane stress or strain and axisymmetric solid, plate-bending, three dimensional solid and shell problems.
C. S. Krishnamoorthy, 1994
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Applied Finite Element Analysis
This book is intended for presenting the basic concepts of Finite Element Analysis applied to several engineering applications.
G. Ramamurty, 2010
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Energy and Finite Element Methods in Structural Mechanics
This Book Is The Outcome Of Material Used In Senior And Graduate Courses For Students In Civil, Mechanical And Aeronautical Engineering.
Irving Herman Shames, Clive L. Dym, 1995
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MATLAB Guide to Finite Elements: An Interactive Approach
This second edition includes a new brick (solid) element with eight nodes and a one-dimensional fluid flow element.
Peter I. Kattan, 2010
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Finite Difference Methods for Ordinary and Partial ...
Introductory textbook from which students can approach more advance topics relating to finite difference methods.
Randall J. LeVeque, 2007
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Introduction to the Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics
These are the finite element codes that were used to generate most of the graphs presented in this book.
Anastasis C. Polycarpou, 2006
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Finite Mathematics
Acclaimed for its readability and supported by the authors' popular website, this book will help you grasp and understand finite mathematics--whatever your learning style may be.
Stefan Waner, Steven Costenoble, 2013
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Partial Differential Equations and the Finite Element Method
A systematic introduction to partial differential equations and modern finite element methods for their efficient numerical solution Partial Differential Equations and the Finite Element Method provides a much-needed, clear, and systematic ...
Pavel Ŝolín, 2005
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Finite Elements: An Introduction for Engineers
This textbook introduces the finite-element method as an important general technique in engineering mathematics.
R. K. Livesley, 1983
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Finite Elements: Theory, Fast Solvers, and Applications in ...
This definitive introduction to finite element methods was thoroughly updated for this 2007 third edition, which features important material for both research and application of the finite element method.
Dietrich Braess, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FINITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term finite is used in the context of the following news items.
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How To Scare The Crowd: M. Night Shyamalan & Jason Blum Talk …
Blum at the time had a finite window to see the film. When the assistant landed in L.A., he was stalled in a taxi line. Shyamalan yelled at his ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
2
Cowboys, Broncos might have colluded over Dez Bryant, Demaryius …
The union wants its marquee players to sign bigger-money deals because what's good for the goose — even with a finite pool of money under ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
3
World Population Day 2015: Top 10 inspirational quotes from …
Helen Keller; "Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
4
Aliya: Just another marriage that ends in divorce, or happily ever after?‏
... and they know they're actually headed back to the US or UK after their studies, perhaps for a finite period with a view toward making aliya at ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
5
Julian Assange: 'It's Quite Funny Having Been Called a Mossad …
Newspapers are finite, and limited in the amount of information ... that information comes from a very small range of sources or backgrounds. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Drought, beetles preying on weakened California forests
... thick and increasingly dry stands of trees, Owen said, there's going to continue to be too many roots trying to suck up a finite amount water. «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
7
Jehovah's Witnesses convention to attract over 7000
... it is up to Jehovah to choose those people,” said Deborah Olaitan Awogboro (20), on her religion's assertion that spaces in heaven are finite. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
8
Grief for the dead is a pain that proves we are human
It served as a useful reminder to all of us that our time here is necessarily finite. Intriguingly, part of the survey's results suggested that men ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Hawaii's plastic bag ban goes into effect, but…
"That's more plastic that they have to use to make the bag which is more of a finite resource,” Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii's executive director ... «Treehugger, Jul 15»
10
Artist of the Day: David Alegre
Over the years, I have come to the realization that creativity and artistic acumen is a finite resource. It's like a muscle, prone to fatigue and ... «Cartoon Brew, Jul 15»

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