finiteadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪnʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪˌnaɪt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s fynyte.

Etymology: < Latin fīnītus, past participle of fīnīre to put an end to, bound, limit, < fīnis end, limit.

A. adj.

†1. Fixed, determined, definite. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]

truea1225

certain1297

standing1457

surec1475

stable1481

finite1493

resident1525

determinate1526

staid?1541

constantc1550

undiscomfitablea1555

inveterate1563

sound1565

unwanderinga1569

fixed1574

undisturbable1577

wishly1578

unremovable1579

inveterated1597

immoved1599

rigid1610

staple1621

consistent1648

irradicable1728

incoercible1756

hard and fast1822

unstrangulable1824

lockstep1831

statical1853

static1856

flatline1946

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate

firm1377

determinatec1386

certain1393

determinablec1400

precisec1443

finite1493

well-defined1551

definite1553

determined1570

set1594

perfixed1601

formed1605

punctual1615

well-marked1620

definitive1624

determinated1635

determinativea1676

clear-cut1843

1493 Festivall (1515) 79 There was made a fynyte loveday betwene the kyng & Thomas.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1191 Giving us assurance of that which is finite and determinate.

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 334 A finite vast number is here put for an indefinite numerous multitude.

a. Having bounds, ends, or limits; bounded, limited; opposed to infinite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > limit or threshold > limited

finite1587

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iv. 48 For if any of them [sc. perfections] be finite, then is he not infinite.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iii. 11 Whatsoever we imagine, is Finite.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 21 That supposed Infinite Duration will..be limited at two Extremes..and consequently must needs be Finite.

1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) iii. 11 The surface of the earth is finite in every direction.

b. Having an existence subject to limitations and conditions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [adjective]

terminable1548

finite1633

measureda1634

terminate1645

boundsome1674

boundly1817

finited1846

1633 G. Herbert Artillerie in Temple iv I am but finite, yet thine infinitely.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 421. ¶7 The whole Heaven or Hell of any finite Being.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 67 Of eternity and self-existence what other likeness is possible in a finite being, but immortality and moral self-determination?

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 416 Of the absolute goodness of any finite nature we can form no conception.

3. Mathematics. Of a line: Terminated. Of a quantity, number, distance: Limited, neither infinite nor infinitesimal. Of a group: Containing a limited number of substitutions. Of a solution: Resulting in a finite quantity. finite difference: a difference between two quantities that is finite; spec., any of the differences between the successive values of a function when its independent variable takes on the values of an arithmetical progression. finite points: such as are not at an infinite distance apart. finite series (see quot. c1865). finite state: used attributively in communication theory of any system limited to a finite number of alternative states, or of a type that, even if it contains an infinite number of parts, is producible by a generative device so limited.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > other

finite1570

adscribed1625

comprehending?1677

vertical1704

anharmonic1848

bilinear1851

collinear1863

nodal1863

congruent1864

non-concurrent1888

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > relationship between quantities > other

finite difference1807

inverse1837

reciprocator1874

power law1919

recursive relation1934

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > ordinal > finite

finite1840

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets > in abstract algebra > of groups

reducible1585

transitive1861

primitive1888

simple1888

special1888

cyclic1889

intransitive1889

solvable1892

finite1893

perfect1898

Abelian1900

soluble1902

proper1906

trivial1915

equivalent1948

hypercyclic1968

sporadic1968

the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > idealized system or process > of specific system

finite state1949

chaos1974

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 5^v To produce a right line finite, straight forth continually.

1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 9 Upon a finite right line given AB, to describe an equilateral triangle.

1807 J. Brinkley (title) An Investigation of the General Term of an important Series in the Inverse Method of Finite Differences.

1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. 276 The distance V F, remains finite.

1860 G. Boole Calculus of Finite Differences viii. 137 It is not true that every result of the Calculus of Finite Differences merges when the increments are indefinitely diminished into a result of the Differential Calculus.

c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 573/1 A series is called a finite series when it has an assignable last term.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 139 Two other finite points on the curve.

1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 265 The finite segment FF′ is cut or not by the tangents according as the conic is a hyperbola or an ellipse.

1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 38 It may be proved that ^{d^kP_i}/ _dμ^k is the only finite integral solution in μ of the equation.

1893 A. R. Forsyth Theory Functions Complex Variable 587 These finite discontinuous groups are of importance on the theory of polyhedral functions.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 545/1 The theorem [sc. Taylor's theorem] was first given by Brook Taylor in his Methodus Incrementorum (1717) as a corollary to a theorem concerning finite differences.

1949 C. E. Shannon & W. Weaver Math. Theory of Communication 27 The output of a finite state transducer driven by a finite state statistical source is a finite state statistical source.

1957 N. Chomsky Syntactic Struct. iii. 18 Suppose that we have a machine that can be in any one of a finite number of different internal states... Any language that can be produced by a machine of this sort we call a finite state language; and we can call the machine itself a finite state grammar.

1957 L. Fox Numerical Solution Two-point Boundary Probl. ii. 21 The rigorous theory of finite differences attaches a remainder term to every finite-difference formula and sometimes..the formula diverges and gives no useful result.

1969 Listener 10 July 44/1 Finite-state rules are the simplest kind of grammar rule; they can be as simple as ‘after “the” produce any noun at all’.

1971 Math. Rev. Feb. 278/1 The authors treat some elementary aspects of the theory of finite differences.

4. Grammar. Of a verb: Limited by number and person; not in the infinitive mood.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > finite

definite1728

definitive1731

finite1795

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 86 A simple sentence has in it but one subject, and one finite verb.

1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iii. 113 (note) Finite verbs are those to which number and person appertain.

5. Music. (See quot. 1869.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adjective] > canon

canonical1609

recte and retro1631

cancrizans1782

per recte et retro1812

canonic1854

finite1869

infinite1869

rectus et inversus1938

1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xv. 105 If the canon is concluded by a coda, it is called Finite.

6. Apparently misused for infinite.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective]

unbegunc1000

uncircumscriptc1374

endless138.

finitea1400

measurelessc1400

infinite1413

ginningless?1440

immensec1450

unlimitedc1475

infinal?1504

interminate1533

termlessa1542

brinkless1567

without limit1572

uncompassed1577

limitlessa1586

beginningless1587

untermedc1595

boundless1599

illimitate1602

illimited1602

unbeginning1605

incomprehense1606

inconjectable1609

uncircumscribed1610

borderless1611

confinelessa1616

finelessa1616

unconfined1629

uninchoative1649

indefinite1664

incircumscript1677

imprincipiate1683

ensophic1693

interminateda1734

unhorizoned1811

unencompasseda1822

unterminated1853

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > infinite or unlimited

finitea1400

infinite1413

unmeasuredc1429

immoderatec1508

unbounded1646

unhoopable1672

ensophic1693

unlimited1702

unboundc1725

unpartial1787

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > everlasting or immortal

immortalc1374

finitea1400

infinite1413

eternal1488

a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 93 That it may plese his fynyte deyte Knowleche in this to sendyn us.

B. n.

a. The adjective used absolutely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [noun]

finiteness1601

finitude1644

finity1675

finite1687

terminability1783

finifica1834

terminableness1846

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 7 But how can finite grasp infinity?

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xv. 97 Finite of any Magnitude, holds not any proportion to infinite.

1831 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. (new ed.) 155 Reasoning from finite to finite, on a basis of truth..will always lead to truth.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 197 My servant Death with solving rite Pours finite into infinite.

b. the finite: that which is finite.

ΚΠ

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 575/1 The finite and the infinite are both alike thoughts of our own.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 9 To us, the notion of infinity is subsequent rather than prior to the finite.

2. A finite thing; a finite being: see A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [noun] > a finite thing

finitea1620

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [noun] > that which is finite

finite1846

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. x. §4. 309 All termes, and all indeterminations, all finites and all infinites.

1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xxvi. 154 It being impossible for an Aggregate of Finites to comprehend..one Infinite.

1846 Clissold tr. Swedenborg Principia i. iii. 81 In relation to things much finited and compounded, this finite is as it were nothing;..nevertheless it is a something and a finited ens.

3. Grammar. A finite verb or verb-form.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > verbs with specific aspects

frequentative1530

inchoative1530

inceptive1612

reiterative1805

iterative1853

continuative1870

stative1874

finite1924

1924 H. E. Palmer Gram. Spoken Eng. ii. 91 A Finite is that part of a sentence which predicates, exclusive however of complements, objects or modifiers.

1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 497 The verbs shall, can, may..called anomalous finites or auxiliary verbs.

1965 Language 41 208 If we consider the range of ‘finites’ that can operate at X in the sequence He X (to) come every day.

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finite automaton a finite-state automaton.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > automaton

automaton1949

finite automaton1956

1956 S. C. Kleene in Shannon & McCarthy Automata Stud. 4 In showing that each regular event is representable in the state of a finite automaton, the automaton we use is a McCullough–Pitts nerve net. Thus their neurons are one example of a kind of ‘universal elements’ for finite automata.

1966 Math. Rev. Jan. 10/1 Markov's result entails the unsolvability of certain mass problems of finite-automata theory.

1985 Sci. Amer. Nov. 16/1 Each flib is equipped with the simplest decision-making apparatus possible. This is the biological equivalent of what computer scientists call a finite automaton.

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finite state machine n. Computing a finite state automaton (automaton n. 4).

ΚΠ

1956 E. F. Moore in C. E. Shannon & J. McCarthy Automata Stud. 152 It is assumed that the machine is still a finite-state machine.

1988 J. D. Barrow & F. J. Tipler Anthropic Cosmol. Princ. (rev. ed.) iii. 189 The memory of a finite state machine is inadequate to describe everything including itself.

2005 Ann. Math. 162 1135 We will describe a finite state machine that produces all tame plane graphs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	finite
释义	finiteadj.n. Brit. /ˈfʌɪnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfaɪˌnaɪt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s fynyte. Etymology: < Latin fīnītus, past participle of fīnīre to put an end to, bound, limit, < fīnis end, limit. A. adj. †1. Fixed, determined, definite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] truea1225 certain1297 standing1457 surec1475 stable1481 finite1493 resident1525 determinate1526 staid?1541 constantc1550 undiscomfitablea1555 inveterate1563 sound1565 unwanderinga1569 fixed1574 undisturbable1577 wishly1578 unremovable1579 inveterated1597 immoved1599 rigid1610 staple1621 consistent1648 irradicable1728 incoercible1756 hard and fast1822 unstrangulable1824 lockstep1831 statical1853 static1856 flatline1946 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate firm1377 determinatec1386 certain1393 determinablec1400 precisec1443 finite1493 well-defined1551 definite1553 determined1570 set1594 perfixed1601 formed1605 punctual1615 well-marked1620 definitive1624 determinated1635 determinativea1676 clear-cut1843 1493 Festivall (1515) 79 There was made a fynyte loveday betwene the kyng & Thomas. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1191 Giving us assurance of that which is finite and determinate. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos 334 A finite vast number is here put for an indefinite numerous multitude. 2. a. Having bounds, ends, or limits; bounded, limited; opposed to infinite. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > limit or threshold > limited finite1587 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. iv. 48 For if any of them [sc. perfections] be finite, then is he not infinite. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. iii. 11 Whatsoever we imagine, is Finite. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 21 That supposed Infinite Duration will..be limited at two Extremes..and consequently must needs be Finite. 1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) iii. 11 The surface of the earth is finite in every direction. b. Having an existence subject to limitations and conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [adjective] terminable1548 finite1633 measureda1634 terminate1645 boundsome1674 boundly1817 finited1846 1633 G. Herbert Artillerie in Temple iv I am but finite, yet thine infinitely. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 421. ¶7 The whole Heaven or Hell of any finite Being. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 67 Of eternity and self-existence what other likeness is possible in a finite being, but immortality and moral self-determination? 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 416 Of the absolute goodness of any finite nature we can form no conception. 3. Mathematics. Of a line: Terminated. Of a quantity, number, distance: Limited, neither infinite nor infinitesimal. Of a group: Containing a limited number of substitutions. Of a solution: Resulting in a finite quantity. finite difference: a difference between two quantities that is finite; spec., any of the differences between the successive values of a function when its independent variable takes on the values of an arithmetical progression. finite points: such as are not at an infinite distance apart. finite series (see quot. c1865). finite state: used attributively in communication theory of any system limited to a finite number of alternative states, or of a type that, even if it contains an infinite number of parts, is producible by a generative device so limited. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [adjective] > other finite1570 adscribed1625 comprehending?1677 vertical1704 anharmonic1848 bilinear1851 collinear1863 nodal1863 congruent1864 non-concurrent1888 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > relationship between quantities > other finite difference1807 inverse1837 reciprocator1874 power law1919 recursive relation1934 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > ordinal > finite finite1840 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [adjective] > of sets > in abstract algebra > of groups reducible1585 transitive1861 primitive1888 simple1888 special1888 cyclic1889 intransitive1889 solvable1892 finite1893 perfect1898 Abelian1900 soluble1902 proper1906 trivial1915 equivalent1948 hypercyclic1968 sporadic1968 the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > idealized system or process > of specific system finite state1949 chaos1974 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 5^v To produce a right line finite, straight forth continually. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements i. 9 Upon a finite right line given AB, to describe an equilateral triangle. 1807 J. Brinkley (title) An Investigation of the General Term of an important Series in the Inverse Method of Finite Differences. 1840 D. Lardner Treat. Geom. 276 The distance V F, remains finite. 1860 G. Boole Calculus of Finite Differences viii. 137 It is not true that every result of the Calculus of Finite Differences merges when the increments are indefinitely diminished into a result of the Differential Calculus. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 573/1 A series is called a finite series when it has an assignable last term. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 139 Two other finite points on the curve. 1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 265 The finite segment FF′ is cut or not by the tangents according as the conic is a hyperbola or an ellipse. 1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 38 It may be proved that ^{d^kP_i}/ _dμ^k is the only finite integral solution in μ of the equation. 1893 A. R. Forsyth Theory Functions Complex Variable 587 These finite discontinuous groups are of importance on the theory of polyhedral functions. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 545/1 The theorem [sc. Taylor's theorem] was first given by Brook Taylor in his Methodus Incrementorum (1717) as a corollary to a theorem concerning finite differences. 1949 C. E. Shannon & W. Weaver Math. Theory of Communication 27 The output of a finite state transducer driven by a finite state statistical source is a finite state statistical source. 1957 N. Chomsky Syntactic Struct. iii. 18 Suppose that we have a machine that can be in any one of a finite number of different internal states... Any language that can be produced by a machine of this sort we call a finite state language; and we can call the machine itself a finite state grammar. 1957 L. Fox Numerical Solution Two-point Boundary Probl. ii. 21 The rigorous theory of finite differences attaches a remainder term to every finite-difference formula and sometimes..the formula diverges and gives no useful result. 1969 Listener 10 July 44/1 Finite-state rules are the simplest kind of grammar rule; they can be as simple as ‘after “the” produce any noun at all’. 1971 Math. Rev. Feb. 278/1 The authors treat some elementary aspects of the theory of finite differences. 4. Grammar. Of a verb: Limited by number and person; not in the infinitive mood. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > mood > [adjective] > finite definite1728 definitive1731 finite1795 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 86 A simple sentence has in it but one subject, and one finite verb. 1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iii. 113 (note) Finite verbs are those to which number and person appertain. 5. Music. (See quot. 1869.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > piece in specific form > [adjective] > canon canonical1609 recte and retro1631 cancrizans1782 per recte et retro1812 canonic1854 finite1869 infinite1869 rectus et inversus1938 1869 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Counterpoint xv. 105 If the canon is concluded by a coda, it is called Finite. 6. Apparently misused for infinite. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] unbegunc1000 uncircumscriptc1374 endless138. finitea1400 measurelessc1400 infinite1413 ginningless?1440 immensec1450 unlimitedc1475 infinal?1504 interminate1533 termlessa1542 brinkless1567 without limit1572 uncompassed1577 limitlessa1586 beginningless1587 untermedc1595 boundless1599 illimitate1602 illimited1602 unbeginning1605 incomprehense1606 inconjectable1609 uncircumscribed1610 borderless1611 confinelessa1616 finelessa1616 unconfined1629 uninchoative1649 indefinite1664 incircumscript1677 imprincipiate1683 ensophic1693 interminateda1734 unhorizoned1811 unencompasseda1822 unterminated1853 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > infinite or unlimited finitea1400 infinite1413 unmeasuredc1429 immoderatec1508 unbounded1646 unhoopable1672 ensophic1693 unlimited1702 unboundc1725 unpartial1787 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > everlasting or immortal immortalc1374 finitea1400 infinite1413 eternal1488 a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 93 That it may plese his fynyte deyte Knowleche in this to sendyn us. B. n. 1. a. The adjective used absolutely. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [noun] finiteness1601 finitude1644 finity1675 finite1687 terminability1783 finifica1834 terminableness1846 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther i. 7 But how can finite grasp infinity? 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xv. 97 Finite of any Magnitude, holds not any proportion to infinite. 1831 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. (new ed.) 155 Reasoning from finite to finite, on a basis of truth..will always lead to truth. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 197 My servant Death with solving rite Pours finite into infinite. b. the finite: that which is finite. ΚΠ a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 575/1 The finite and the infinite are both alike thoughts of our own. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 9 To us, the notion of infinity is subsequent rather than prior to the finite. 2. A finite thing; a finite being: see A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [noun] > a finite thing finitea1620 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [noun] > that which is finite finite1846 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. x. §4. 309 All termes, and all indeterminations, all finites and all infinites. 1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xxvi. 154 It being impossible for an Aggregate of Finites to comprehend..one Infinite. 1846 Clissold tr. Swedenborg Principia i. iii. 81 In relation to things much finited and compounded, this finite is as it were nothing;..nevertheless it is a something and a finited ens. 3. Grammar. A finite verb or verb-form. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > verbs with specific aspects frequentative1530 inchoative1530 inceptive1612 reiterative1805 iterative1853 continuative1870 stative1874 finite1924 1924 H. E. Palmer Gram. Spoken Eng. ii. 91 A Finite is that part of a sentence which predicates, exclusive however of complements, objects or modifiers. 1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 497 The verbs shall, can, may..called anomalous finites or auxiliary verbs. 1965 Language 41 208 If we consider the range of ‘finites’ that can operate at X in the sequence He X (to) come every day. Draft additions 1997 finite automaton a finite-state automaton. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > automaton automaton1949 finite automaton1956 1956 S. C. Kleene in Shannon & McCarthy Automata Stud. 4 In showing that each regular event is representable in the state of a finite automaton, the automaton we use is a McCullough–Pitts nerve net. Thus their neurons are one example of a kind of ‘universal elements’ for finite automata. 1966 Math. Rev. Jan. 10/1 Markov's result entails the unsolvability of certain mass problems of finite-automata theory. 1985 Sci. Amer. Nov. 16/1 Each flib is equipped with the simplest decision-making apparatus possible. This is the biological equivalent of what computer scientists call a finite automaton. Draft additions March 2013 finite state machine n. Computing a finite state automaton (automaton n. 4). ΚΠ 1956 E. F. Moore in C. E. Shannon & J. McCarthy Automata Stud. 152 It is assumed that the machine is still a finite-state machine. 1988 J. D. Barrow & F. J. Tipler Anthropic Cosmol. Princ. (rev. ed.) iii. 189 The memory of a finite state machine is inadequate to describe everything including itself. 2005 Ann. Math. 162 1135 We will describe a finite state machine that produces all tame plane graphs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). finitev. Brit. /ˈfʌɪnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfaɪˌnaɪt/ Etymology: < finite adj.; or < participial stem of Latin fīnīre. transitive. To make finite; to subject to limitations. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > make finite [verb (transitive)] finite1628 finitize1906 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 47 The matter doth finite, and contract the amplitude of the forme. 1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. v. 301 The Lord to be in them, there to personate and finite himself. 1867 Eng. Leader 20 Apr. 224 There are two sides—a divine side and a human side.. the latter being finited, attempered, and dimmed. Derivatives ˈfinited adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > finiteness > [adjective] terminable1548 finite1633 measureda1634 terminate1645 boundsome1674 boundly1817 finited1846 1846 Clissold tr. Swedenborg Principia i. iii. 81 In relation to things much finited and compounded, this finite is as it were nothing;..nevertheless it is a something and a finited ens. 1868 Contemp. Rev. 8 617 To find God finited in Nature. 1884 Gosp. Divine Humanity iii. 60 Man in his finited state is dust of the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1400v.1628
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finiteadj.n.

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finitev.

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