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finity | undefined |

As a noun finity

is (rare|uncountable) the state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

finity

English

Noun

(finities)
  • (rare, uncountable) The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
  • * 1874 , , Idolatry: A Romance , ch. 31:
    • He was calm in the conviction that he could measure and calculate the universe. . . . He matched finity against the Infinite.
  • * 1899 , , "The White Silence":
    • Nature has many tricks wherewith she convinces man of his finity .
  • * 1987 , , Time, the Familiar Stranger , ISBN 9780870235764, p. 37 (Google preview):
    • In a very non-Aristotelian fashion, Nicholas of Cusa produced a synthesis of finity and infinity.
  • * 2006 , Rolf A. F. Witzsche, Universal Divine Science: Spiritual Pedagogicals , ISBN 9781897046944, p. 106 (Google preview):
    • We . . . labor to find our identity in the infinite in spite of our encumberment in finity .
  • (rare, countable) Something which is limited in number or scope.
  • * 1734 , , "A Brief Scheme of Ontology" in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects (6th edition, 1794), p. 370 (Google preview):
    • Disagreement in substance or essence . . . may be called Disproportion, as there is a disproportion between finities and infinities, i.e. there is no proportion between them.
  • * 1837 Sep. 2, "The Transcendalist's Dialogues: No. IX," The Shepherd , vol. 3, no. 10, p. 79 (Google preview):
    • If we imagined a person capable of comprehending infinity, we should merely think that he was able infinitely to add up finities .
  • * 1884 Jan., "Prayer and Science," Methodist Quarterly Review , 4th series, vol. 66, p. 8 (Google preview):
    • And this condescension of infinite Perfection to the finities —to their imperfections, contingencies, and littlenesses—is the very result of its perfection.

    Synonyms

    * boundedness * finitude * finiteness * limitedness

    Antonyms

    * infinity * unlimitedness * endlessness

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined