finite amount
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffiniteandamount
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finite
adjective
uk/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/us/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
having a limit ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk/əˈmaʊnt/us/əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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(Definition offiniteandamountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffinite amount
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It is natural to ask about systems with afiniteamountof smoothness.
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The fact that there exist only afiniteamountof possibilities to pollute in the world does not enter into their definition.
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Such systems have afiniteamountof phase space volume proportional to the number of available microcanonical states.
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The specification of a single server may require that the server always service requests in afiniteamountof time.
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It eliminates issues of control effect, since both forms of expression can be guaranteed to evaluate in a small,finiteamountof time.
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In this model, obituaries-like the world of the lives they commemorate-have only afiniteamountof room.
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We also show that, in a certain sense, only afiniteamountof information about the function is involved.
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However, we cannot obtain all the trunks in afiniteamountof time and this story is not realizable in general.
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We make no restriction on the size of the data, and we instead find existence of solutions for afiniteamountof time.
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Each living system has assigned to it, or collects for itself, afiniteamountof energy.
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The incompatibility of afiniteamountof agricultural land with provision of subsistence to a continually increasing population entails an eventual decline in output per capita and cessation of growth.
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Since any finite approximation requires only afiniteamountof work (by definition), it should be possible to equal or better anyfiniteapproximation via a sufficient number of safe computation steps.
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Lazy data types allow infinite objects to be represented in afiniteamountof space.
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In reasonable models, search must be limited because real decision makers have only afiniteamountof time, knowledge, attention, or money to spend on a particular decision.
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Lexical entry automata enable us to approximate possibly infinitely tall trunks with a finite set of feature structures, which can be computed in afiniteamountof time.
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Because of this, the building blocks of a snack can be represented by afiniteamountof information; this is essential if we think of an implementation on a computer.
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London audiences are spoilt for choice, and with so many new writing theatres chasing writers there is afiniteamountof really good writing out there.
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There is afiniteamountof money to be spent.
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There is afiniteamountof land in these islands.
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