Sentence examples for finite in extent from inspiring English sources

A closed universe is finite in extent, and has no edge, like the surface of a sphere.

Hence Aristotle's cosmology, in which "the universe was contained in a nutshell, ensconced comfortably within the sphere of fixed stars" and "the cosmos was finite in extent, and entirely filled with matter".

To overcome these limitations, we present the rigorous vector analysis and design of diffractive lenses that are finite in extent and have binary subwavelength structures by using a two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method.

Mundane space is finite in extent and contains the physical cosmos.

In fact, unless inflation went on for a truly infinite amount of time, or the Universe was born infinitely large, the Universe ought to be finite in extent.

According to Aristotle, the universe is a material plenum, finite in extent, bounded by the outermost sphere of the fixed stars.

Through the general theory of relativity, however, the view that the continuum is infinite in its time-like extent but finite in its space-like extent has gained in probability.

The domains may be multiply-connected and finite, infinite or semi-infinite in extent.

In this reconstruction, multipath components are represented by diagonals with a fixed amplitude and a finite extent in the delay domain and in receiver locations.

The first is a two-dimensional (2-D) model with finite extent in the plane of the capsule's cross-section and infinite length normal to that plane.

Our previous studies have shown that the fast reconnection produces the Alfvénic fast reconnection outflow and drastic magnetic field dipolarization in the finite extent.