Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
finitely generated (as a module).
A thing which has an end or limit.
Diſagreement in Subſtance or Eſſence […] may be called Diſproportion, as, there is a Diſproportion betvveen Finites and Infinites, i.e. there is no Proportion betvveen them.
The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English...
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