Pinite vs Finite - What's the difference?
pinite | finite |
Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
(chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
(mineralogy) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.
(Webster 1913)
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Having an end or limit; constrained by bounds.
(grammar, as opposed to infinite) limited by person or number.
As a noun pinite
is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.As an adjective finite is
having an end or limit; constrained by bounds.pinite
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Etymology 1
Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
, after a mine in Saxony.Noun
(en-noun)finite
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb