finitenessn.
/ˈfʌɪnʌɪtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfaɪˌnaɪtnᵻs/ The quality or condition of being finite; the condition of being limited in space, time, capacity, etc.
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finitude1644
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terminability1783
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1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 89 It ariseth..from the finitenesse, and dimensiuenesse of the angelicall nature.
1708 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 490 Finiteness of our minds no excuse for the geometers.
1886 R. A. Proctor Familiar Sci. Stud. 5 No theory of the finiteness of space can possibly be more utterly inconceivable than the idea of infinite space itself.
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