finite capacity

collocation in English

meaningsoffiniteandcapacity

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finite
adjective
uk
/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/us
/ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
having a limit ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition offiniteandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Metacercarial cysts localize in the pericardial cavity and the kidney lumen of the snail and these organs would have afinitecapacityfor carrying cysts.
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A resource may handle several tasks at the same time, but is limited by afinitecapacity(capacity).
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The justification for the inclusion of adaptive behavior presumes that some agents may have afinitecapacityfor either gathering or processing the information necessary to obtain the rational solution.
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Businesses have afinitecapacityto absorb additional burdens.
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It has afinitecapacity.
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The hospitals have afinitecapacity.
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Drigg has afinitecapacity.
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However, it should be balanced against thefinitecapacityof resources at the value-adding processes.
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Quantum information can be transmitted through quantum channels, which do have afinitecapacity.
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However, integer data types can only represent a subset of all integers, since practical computers are offinitecapacity.
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Batch production scheduling shares some concepts and techniques withfinitecapacityscheduling which has been applied to many manufacturing problems.
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The links between nodes havefinitecapacityand thus some calls arriving may find no route available to their destination.
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This limit is referred to as thefinitecapacityof short-term memory.
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All systems have afinitecapacity.
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He says he believes that the mind has afinitecapacityfor information storage, and so learning useless things would merely reduce his ability to learn useful things.
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