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ultrafinitism

ultrafinitism noun: a form of finitism that is even more extreme in that it denies those constructs whose construction cannot be physically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate).

Noun

ultrafinitism (uncountable)

  1. A form of finitism that is even more extreme in that it denies those constructs whose construction cannot be physically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate).

Synonyms of ultrafinitism

Origin of ultrafinitism

From ultra- + finitism.

Words formed from ultrafinitism

Questions about ultrafinitism

What does ultrafinitism mean?
Ultrafinitism means a form of finitism that is even more extreme in that it denies those constructs whose construction cannot be physically performed (such as a number that no human could have time to calculate).
What part of speech is ultrafinitism?
Ultrafinitism is a noun.

Words near ultrafinitism in the dictionary

  1. ultrafiltrations
  2. ultrafine
  3. ultrafine particle
  4. ultrafine particles
  5. ultrafinely
  6. ultrafinitism
  7. ultrafinitist
  8. ultrafinitists
  9. ultraflat
  10. ultraflexibility
  11. ultraflexible

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