Finite in a sentence as an adjective

It's the bottom of a finite rabbit hole.

It's much trickier to carry out with infinite sets.

But like the finite field case, there are also classes of curves that are cheaper to attack.

If this happens, you say that the infinite bag of reds is larger than the infinite bag of blues.

Now we go to set theory, where bags of marbles may be of infinite size, and then they're called "infinite sets".

In the finite time I can offer, I have to make decisions about where to expend energy.

Switches are the bane of most electrical engineers because they cost a lot and they have a finite lifetime.

You will also see finite field theory which has long been important in algebraic coding theory. You may touch on the question of P versus NP.

They may have some finite overhead because of the expectation that most users will be using the tool to create more complex pages.

" When you can get to that stage and say, "no regrets" for a life well-led, you can have peace with your finite capacities and your finite existence in this world.

Living at work forces coping mechanisms like this on you because you really only have a finite amount of creative attention.

Although we can't count infinite bags of marbles, we can still "pair them off" by showing some formula or algorithm that says which marbles go in pairs with which ones.

Building something to spec is a finite task with an estimable amount of work and calculable delivery date.

This line is brilliant:"This is a reminder not to let a digital world full of others’ moments deceive you into devaluing your own. Their moments are infinite – yours are finite and precious.

Contrary to what your intuition may tell you, it turns out that infinities come in different shapes and sizes, and one infinite bag of marbles may be larger than another.

If I have a finite amount of time available for hacking, why do I want to spend a not-insignificant amount of it signaling?Hacker culture has been corrupted by this 'need' for influence.

A realization I came to late in life: hypothetically supposing one has a finite number of awesome points, do not spend awesome points on activities which have negative marginal returns to awesome points, like school or many day-jobs.

With infinite bags, it becomes much trickier to prove that you can do this every time, and you need some way to ensure that "carry on until you're done" actually carries you to the end of the task, instead of getting you stuck in some sub-infinity of pairings without finishing all of them.

Finite definitions

adjective

bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent

adjective

of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person