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How to use finite in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Finite means having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number. Example: “It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.”

More sentences with finite

  • It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.From the entry additive
  • A strictly stationary and mixing process with finite expectation satisfies a Law of Large Numbers.From the entry mixing
  • Every permutable subgroup of a finite group is semipermutable. The converse, however, is not necessarily true.From the entry semipermutable
  • Pseudovarieties are of particular importance in the study of finite semigroups and hence in formal language theory.From the entry pseudovariety
  • Every finite semigroup has an idempotent element.From the entry idempotent
  • Sequential logic is used to construct finite state machines.From the entry sequential logic
  • The universe is finite but unbounded.From the entry unbounded
  • We have proven that this set is finite and well ordered; as a corollary, we now know that there is an order-preserving map from it to the natural numbers.From the entry corollary
  • The empty set is not denumerable because it is finite; the rational numbers are, surprisingly, denumerable because every possible fraction can be assigned a natural number and vice versa.From the entry denumerable
  • Every finite dimensional central simple algebra has a splitting field: moreover, if said CSA is a division algebra, then a maximal subfield of it is a splitting field.From the entry splitting field
  • For an infinite of finite order multiplied into itself gives a higher order.2022, Stetson J. Robinson, The Correspondence of Charles S. Peirce and the Open Court Publishing Company, 1890–1913, page 493. From the entry collectional
  • Also, it is not clear if the scattering of multiloops in this formalism is truly finite.2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation. From the entry multiloop
  • A finitely presented module is an A-module M given by a finite number of generators and relations.2015, Henri Lombardi, Claude Quitté, Commutative Algebra: Constructive Methods: Finite Projective Modules, Springer, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry syzygy
  • Therefore it is a module with a finite generator set having a finitely generated syzygy module.2015, Henri Lombardi, Claude Quitté, Commutative Algebra: Constructive Methods: Finite Projective Modules, Springer, →ISBN, page 173. From the entry syzygy
  • Finally, we construct some examples of nearly associative varieties that do not possess finite basic superranks..2015, Alexey Kuz'min, Ivan Shestakov, “Basic superranks for varieties of algebras”, in arXiv. From the entry superranks
  • For several of them, we even give finite basis of pseudoidentities..2015, J. Almeida, M.H. Shahzamanian, “The rank of variants of nilpotent pseudovarieties”, in arXiv. From the entry pseudoidentities
  • Most altcoins follow the bitcoin model of having a finite ultimate supply of coins.2014 June 13, Black Market Cryptocurrencies, page 47. From the entry altcoin
  • The polytopes are, by definition, the convex envelopes of finite sets of points of an affine space.2010, Marcel Berger, Geometry Revealed: A Jacob's Ladder to Modern Higher Geometry, Springer, page 505. From the entry convex envelope
  • Hence it enjoys the full restrictiveness of finite state automata over transducers.2009, William D. Lewis with Simin Karimi and Heidi Harley, Time and again: Theoretical perspectives on formal linguistics in honor of D.…. From the entry monostratal
  • Finite geometries, such as Euclidean and projective geometries, are powerful mathematical tools for constructing error-control codes.2009, William Ryan, Shu Lin, Channel Codes: Classical and Modern, Cambridge University Press, page 430. From the entry finite geometry
  • While comm buoys allow rapid transmission, there is a finite amount of bandwidth available.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Communications: Administration Codex entry. From the entry buoy
  • The first of these is concerned with the finite representability of belief sets.2008 January 3, Sven Ove Hansson, “Specified Meet Contraction”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 31–54. From the entry representability
  • Okay, so it’s just one more crappy event in an endless, yet terrifyingly finite, stream of crappitude.2008, Jincy Willett, The Writing Class, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry crappitude
  • Suppose A is a finite set and R is a partial order on A.2006, Daniel J. Velleman, How to Prove It: A Structured Approach, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 269. From the entry total order
  • It can be claimed that VC-dimension is to PAC-learning what finite telltales are to Inductive inference.2003, Eric Martin, Arun Sharma, Frank Stephan, “On Ordinal VC-Dimension and Some Notions of Complexity”, in Ricard Gavalda, Klaus P.…. From the entry telltale
  • We call it a finite extension if it is a finite vector space.1998, Neal Koblitz, Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography, Volume 3, Springer, page 53. From the entry extension field
  • By the degree of a finite extension we mean its dimension as a vector space.1998, Neal Koblitz, Algebraic Aspects of Cryptography, Volume 3, Springer, page 53. From the entry extension field
  • Ramsey theory can be loosely described as the study of structure which is preserved under finite decomposition.1987, R. L. Graham, V. Rôdl, “Numbers in Ramsey Theory”, in C. Whitehead, editor, Surveys in Combinatorics 1987: Invited Papers for the…. From the entry Ramsey theory
  • A semisimple ring R has only a finite number of minimal ideals and is their direct sum.1970, Mary W. Gray, A Radical Approach to Algebra, Addison-Wesley, page 33. From the entry minimal ideal
  • All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.1950, E. Kamke, Theory of Sets, page 16. From the entry equivalent
  • The main ingredient is a novel approach that combines the flag algebras together with ideas from finite forcibility of graph limits.2016, Andrzej Grzesik, Ping Hu, Jan Volec, “Minimum number of edges that occur in odd cycles”, in arXiv. From the entry forcibility
  • In algebraic geometry, the tropical equilibration problem is tantamount to finding tropical prevarieties, that are finite intersections of tropical hypersurfaces.2015, Satya Swarup Samal, Dima Grigoriev, Holger Fröhlich, Ovidiu Radulescu, “Analysis of Reaction Network Systems Using Tropical…. From the entry prevarieties
  • Real gas particles have a finite size.2012, Erich W. Schmid, Gerhard Spitz, Wolfgang Lösch, Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry eigenvolume
  • However, classification of the finite simple groups was much harder than could have been foreseen in the 19th century.2010, John Stillwell, Mathematics and Its History, 3rd edition, Springer, page 495. From the entry simple group
  • Terwilliger introduced a method for studying commutative association schemes by defining a new algebra that is noncommutative, finite dimensional, semisimple C-algebra.2008, Terwilliger Algebras of Wreath Products of Association Schemes, →ISBN. From the entry subconstituent
  • Within quantdom, the question of whether alpha exists as a finite market commodity is a topic of debate.2007 January 22, Anthony Bianco, “Outsmarting The Market”, in Bloomberg, New York, N.Y.: Bloomberg L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry quantdom
  • If a set is neither finite nor countably infinite, it is said to be uncountably infinite or simply uncountable.2004, Jayant V. Deshpande, Mathematical Analysis And Applications: An Introduction, page 55. From the entry uncountably
  • Virtue, Machiavelli instructed, was possible only when it was enclosed, but even within the virtùous state its quantity was finite.2004, Scott G. Nelson, “Sovereignty, ethics, community”, in Philosophy & Social Criticism, volume 30, number 7, →DOI, page 820. From the entry virtùous
  • The finite axiom of choice is not an axiom, but rather a theorem that can be proved from the other axioms.2000, Bruno Poizat, translated by Moses Klein, A Course in Model Theory: An Introduction to Contemporary Mathematical Logic, Springer…. From the entry axiom of countable choice
  • By Cases 1 and 2, we see that any finite collection of 4k-1 primes cannot contain all such primes.1999, William Dunham, “Euler and Analytic Number Theory”, in Euler: The Master of Us All (The Dolciani Mathematical Expositions; 22)…. From the entry q.e.d.

Meaning of finite

  1. adjective Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
  2. adjective Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
  3. adjective Finitely generated (as a module).

Full definition of finite

Questions about finite in a sentence

How do you use finite in a sentence?
Finite is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.”
What is a short sentence with finite?
“The universe is finite but unbounded.”
What does finite mean?
Finite means having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.

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