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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Finite \Fi"nite\, adjective [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See {Finish}, and cf. {Fine}, adjective] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
finite
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
finite {compact}
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