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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

finite, adj.
1 limited, bounded; not infinite.
2 Gram. (of a part of a verb) having a specific number and person.
3 not infinitely small.

Derivative

finitely adv. finiteness n. finitude n.

Etymology

L finitus past part. of finire FINISH

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THESAURUS

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

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ROGET THESAURUS

finite

Number

N number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, integer, counter, round number, formula, function, series, sum, difference, complement, subtrahend, product, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator, coefficient, multiple, dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction, rational number, surd, irrational number, transcendental number, mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate, numerator, denominator, decimal, circulating decimal, repetend, common measure, aliquot part, prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair, reciprocal, totient, binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number, permutation, combination, variation, election, ratio, proportion, comparison, progression, arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression, percentage, permilage, figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers, power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm, modulus, base, differential, integral, fluxion, fluent, numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable, proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive, positive, negative, rational, irrational, surd, radical, real, complex, imaginary, finite, infinite, impossible, numerically, modulo.

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