English-Thai Dictionary

finite

ADJ มี ขอบเขต  มี เขต จำกัด  มี ที่ สิ้นสุด  limited bounded boundless me-kob-kad

 

finite

N สิ่ง ที่ มี ขอบเขต  limit sing-ti-me-kob-kad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FINITE

a.[L. finitus, from finio, to finish, from finis, limit. ] Having a limit; limited; bounded; opposed to infinite, as finite number, finite existence; applied to this life, we say, a finite being, finite duration.

 

FINITELY

adv. Within limits; to a certain degree only.

 

FINITENESS

n.Limitation; confinement within certain boundaries; as the finiteness of our natural powers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FINITE

Fi "nite, a. Etym: [L. finitus, p.p. of finire. See Finish, and cf. Fine, a.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

FINITELESS

FINITELESS Fi "nite *less, a

 

Defn: Infinite. [Obs. ] Sir T. browne.

 

FINITELY

FINITELY Fi "nite *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a finite manner or degree.

 

FINITENESS

FINITENESS Fi "nite *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being finite.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

finite

fi nite |ˈfīnīt ˈfaɪˌnaɪt | ▶adjective 1 having limits or bounds: every computer has a finite amount of memory. • not infinitely small: one's chance of winning may be small, but it is finite. 2 Grammar (of a verb form ) having a specific tense, number, and person. Contrasted with nonfinite. DERIVATIVES fi nite ly adverb, fi nite ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin finitus ‘finished, ’ past participle of finire (see finish ).

 

finite state grammar

fi ¦nite state gram |mar ▶noun [ mass noun ] Linguistics a deliberately oversimplified form of generative grammar, which generates sentences by working through word by word in a strictly linear fashion. It was used by Chomsky to illustrate the need for more complex features, such as transformations, to account adequately for real language.

 

Oxford Dictionary

finite

finite |ˈfʌɪnʌɪt | ▶adjective 1 limited in size or extent: every computer has a finite amount of memory. 2 Grammar (of a verb form ) having a specific tense, number, and person. DERIVATIVES finitely adverb, finiteness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin finitus ‘finished ’, past participle of finire (see finish ).

 

finite state grammar

fi ¦nite state gram |mar ▶noun [ mass noun ] Linguistics a deliberately oversimplified form of generative grammar, which generates sentences by working through word by word in a strictly linear fashion. It was used by Chomsky to illustrate the need for more complex features, such as transformations, to account adequately for real language.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

finite

finite adjective there is a finite amount of water in the system: limited, restricted, determinate, fixed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

finite

finite adjective there is a finite amount of water in the system: limited, not infinite, subject to limitations, restricted; definable, defined, determinate, fixed; bounded, terminable; delimited, demarcated. ANTONYMS infinite.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

finite

fi nite /fáɪnaɪt /形容詞 1 限りある, 有限の ; 〘数 〙有限の (↔infinite )▸ a finite being 命に限りあるもの ▸ a finite number 有限数 .2 〘文法 〙定形の (↔non (-)finite ).～̀ v é rb 〘文法 〙定形動詞 〘主語によって人称や数が定まる動詞; 例えばbe動詞ではam, is, wasなど 〙.～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞