Finite

finite
    adj 1: bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal
           extent [ant: {infinite}]
    2: of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in
       time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and
       person [ant: {infinite}, {non-finite}]
    

Finite \Fi"nite\, a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See {Finish},
   and cf. {Fine}, a.]
   Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity;
   bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite
   existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.
   [1913 Webster]
    

compact
finite
isolated

   1. (Or "finite", "isolated") In {domain theory}, an element d
   of a {cpo} D is compact if and only if, for any {chain} S, a
   subset of D,

   	d <= lub S  =>  there exists s in S such that d <= s.

   I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of
   steps up the chain.

   ("<=" is written in {LaTeX} as {\sqsubseteq}).

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-01-13)

   2. Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can
   all be apprehended at once in one's head.  This generally
   means the thing created from the design can be used with
   greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that
   is not compact.  Compactness does not imply triviality or lack
   of power; for example, {C} is compact and {Fortran} is not,
   but C is more powerful than Fortran.  Designs become
   non-compact through accreting {features} and {cruft} that
   don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some
   fans of {Classic C} maintain that {ANSI C} is no longer
   compact).

   (1995-01-13)
    

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      anthropocentric, anthropological, bound, bounded, cardinal,
      conditioned, confined, copyrighted, countable, cramped, decimal,
      definable, defined, definite, delimited, determinate, differential,
      digital, disciplined, earthy, even, exact, exponential, figural,
      figurate, figurative, fixed, fleshly, fractional, frail, hominal,
      homocentric, human, humanistic, imaginary, impair, impossible,
      infinite, integral, irrational, limited, logarithmic, logometric,
      man-centered, moderated, mortal, narrow, negative, numerable,
      numeral, numerary, numerative, numeric, odd, only human, ordinal,
      pair, patented, positive, possible, precise, prescribed, prime,
      proscribed, qualified, radical, rational, real, reciprocal,
      restricted, specific, strait, straitened, submultiple, surd,
      tellurian, terminable, transcendental, unangelic, weak