finity

Definitions

1. The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
   rare, uncountable
2. Something which is limited in number or scope.
   countable, rare

Equivalents

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Ελληνικάπεπερασμένη

Italianofinitezza

日本語有限

한국어유한

Nederlandseindigheid

Portuguêsfinidade

Examples

“He was calm in the conviction that he could measure⟳ and calculate⟳ the universe […] He matched finity against the Infinite.”

“Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity.”

“In a very non-Aristotelian fashion, Nicholas of Cusa produced a synthesis of finity and infinity.”

“We […] labor to find⟳ our identity in the infinite in spite of our encumberment in finity.”

“If we imagined a person capable of comprehending infinity, we should merely think⟳ that he was able infinitely to add⟳ up finities.”

“And this condescension of infinite Perfection to the finities—to their imperfections, contingencies, and littlenesses—is the very result⟳ of its perfection.”

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