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finiteness|ˈfaɪnaɪtnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being finite; the condition of being limited in space, time, capacity, etc.
1601Deacon & Walker Spirits & Divels 89 It ariseth..from the finitenesse, and dimensiuenesse of the angelicall nature. 1708Berkeley Commonpl. Bk. Wks. 1871 IV. 490 Finiteness of our minds no excuse for the geometers. 1886Proctor Fam. Sc. Stud. 5 No theory of the finiteness of space can possibly be more utterly inconceivable than the idea of infinite space itself. |