Finiteness

fi·nite  (fnt)

adj.

1.

a. Having bounds; limited: a finite list of choices; our finite fossil fuel reserves.

b. Existing, persisting, or enduring for a limited time only; impermanent.

2. Mathematics

a. Being neither infinite nor infinitesimal.

b. Having a positive or negative numerical value; not zero.

c. Possible to reach or exceed by counting. Used of a number.

d. Having a limited number of elements. Used of a set.

3. Grammar Of or relating to any of the forms of a verb that can occur on their own in a main clause and that can formally express distinctions in person, number, tense, mood, and voice, often by means of conjugation, as the verb sees in She sees the sign.

n.

A finite thing.

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[Middle English finit, from Latin fntus, past participle of fnre, to limit, from fnis, end.]

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finitely adv.

finiteness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

finiteness - the quality of being finite boundedness, finitude quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare boundlessness, infiniteness, limitlessness, unboundedness, infinitude - the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit