adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a finite resource (= one which is limited in amount, so that it will no longer exist if people continue to use it )
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Crude oil is a finite resource.
finite (= showing tense and person )
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'Was' is a finite verb.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
amount
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It isn't a finite amount that makes your share smaller the more individuals added.
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There is a finite amount of government resources we can bring to bear.
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This occupies the evaluation faculty of which there is a finite amount .
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On the contrary, they are partners for a finite amount of time usually dedicated to a finite objective.
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There isn't a finite amount of love to go round so there's a danger some one else might nick your share.
element
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This is the power of the finite element method.
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The finite element and dynamic stiffness methods are introduced and exemplified in simple cases.
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The use of parallel processing in finite element analysis.
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In this case the subject for the finite element analysis is the bone.
number
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There would be a finite number - you would be able to count them all.
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The series of numbers is like the series of human beings-in-finite numbers of individuals.
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In any event there is a finite number of overfed rich providing a flow of plates to be scraped.
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What is needed is some basis for estimating the functional from a finite number of experimental results.
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There appears to be only a finite number of such theories.
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Each partition contains space for a finite number of items which are added and deleted in a pre-defined order.
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Similarly there are a finite number of types of module; source, foreign, package, and pmodel.
resource
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This indeed has been the case ever since self-replicating molecular assemblages evolved to exploit finite resources .
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Plastic-producing petroleum is a finite resource .
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Social evolution without ecological reference is ultimately a logical impossibility in a world of finite resources .
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However, given finite resources , concepts of effectiveness and efficiency must be considered alongside concepts of need.
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Large amounts of undeveloped land, a finite resource , have been covered by roads and built development.
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The habitat of an animal population offers only finite resources for its use.
set
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This ability removes the restriction on context-free grammars that only a finite set of grammatical categories are allowed.
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At any one moment, there is a definite and finite set of possible futures for elementary particles.
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When each state has only a finite set of children, this won't happen.
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But the algorithm is the same finite set of instructions no matter how big the numbers.
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Bacon's search involves discrete steps in a finite set of directions, rather than steps through a continuum.
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In the following, small letters represent natural numbers and capital ones, finite sets of natural numbers.
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It is quite easy to restrict normal form programs to finite sets of values.
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Small finite sets can be exhibited in several ways.
state
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Fig 2.1 shows a very simple finite state diagram.
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The major failing with finite state grammars is their inability to deal with any dependencies that exist between non-adjacent words. 2.2.3.1.
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Finite State Grammars Although finite state grammars are weak they have been used in computational systems.
time
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At a given moment finite time came into existence out of infinite time.
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It was a case of finite time and brainpower too broadly dissipated, Taylor came to think.
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This, like the argument about human progress, suggests that the universe can have been going only for a finite time .
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The electrical problem arises from the finite time it takes a signal to travel across a chip.
verb
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It consists of the notional component of the finite verb and the rest of the message.
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Here, finite verbs will agree in both cases with the superficially plural pronoun.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Oil is a finite resource.
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The earth has a finite number of resources which we must protect.
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The speed at which light travels is finite .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A straight, uniform and finite line has symmetry about its midpoint.
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At any one moment, there is a definite and finite set of possible futures for elementary particles.
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But the algorithm is the same finite set of instructions no matter how big the numbers.
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How can an infinite intelligence and life everlasting exist within finite bounds?
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Rising expectations are driving up demand for gasoline, a finite commodity.
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The finite age of the universe is measured in proper time.
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Then he took account of the finite size of the planets and treated them as spheres.