Calling something finite means it has an end or finishing point. "Don't worry, it's a bad dentist appointment but you have to remember that it's finite; you won't be doing it forever."
Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite;
Adjective
bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent
Adjective
of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person
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.
Finite
Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite;
Usage Examples
Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light.
In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
Faith is an act of a finite being who is grasped by, and turned to, the infinite.
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
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Other Usage ExamplesThe finite is annihilated in the presence of the infinite, and becomes a pure nothing. So our spirit before God, so our justice before divine justice.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.
Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.
And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.
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