finity — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. The state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.

   الاستعمال

   • نادر
   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   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.

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   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.

2. Something which is limited in number or scope.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود
   • نادر

   أمثلة

   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.