Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

finite

 

1) having definable or measurable limits or bounds; not infinite; 2) said of verbs that are restricted by person, number, and tense; not an infinitive or participle

 

Any finite number, say one that has digits that would reach from the earth to the sun and back, is infinitely less than infinity, isn’t it?

 

Related English words: finiteness, finitude (the condition of being finite), infinite, infiniteness, infinitize (to free from the limits of time and space), infinitude, infinity

 

Latin root words: finio, finire, finivi, finitus - to bound, limit, enclose; infinitus, infinita, infinitum - unlimited, unbounded, infinite; infinitas, infinitatis, f. - infinity, boundlessness; finis, finis, finium, m. - end; pl.: borders, territory

 

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