finite

4 definitions found

finite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

finite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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, non-finite]

finite - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  compact
  finite
  isolated
  
     1. (Or "finite", "isolated") In domain theory, an element d
     of a cpo D is compact if and only if, for any chain S, a
     subset of D,
  
     	d <= lub S  =>  there exists s in S such that d <= s.
  
     I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of
     steps up the chain.
  
     ("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-01-13)
  
     2. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can
     all be apprehended at once in one's head.  This generally
     means the thing created from the design can be used with
     greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that
     is not compact.  Compactness does not imply triviality or lack
     of power; for example, C is compact and Fortran is not,
     but C is more powerful than Fortran.  Designs become
     non-compact through accreting features and cruft that
     don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some
     fans of Classic C maintain that ANSI C is no longer
     compact).
  
     (1995-01-13)
  

finite - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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