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arrow paradox

arrow paradox noun: one of Zeno's paradoxes, dealing with the apparent impossibility of an arrow flying through space: if everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest at that instant of time, and if that which is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying arrow is therefore motionless at that instant of time and at the next instant of time, but if both instants of time are taken as the same instant or continuous instant of time then it is in motion.

Noun (1)

arrow paradox (plural arrow paradoxes)

  1. One of Zeno's paradoxes, dealing with the apparent impossibility of an arrow flying through space: if everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest at that instant of time, and if that which is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying arrow is therefore motionless at that instant of time and at the next instant of time, but if both instants of time are taken as the same instant or continuous instant of time then it is in motion.

Noun (2) capitalized: Arrow paradox

Arrow paradox (plural Arrow paradoxes)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Arrow's paradox.

Forms of arrow paradox

pluralarrow paradoxes
pluralArrow paradoxes

Questions about arrow paradox

What does arrow paradox mean?
Arrow paradox means one of Zeno's paradoxes, dealing with the apparent impossibility of an arrow flying through space: if everything when it occupies an equal space is at rest at that instant of time, and if that which is in locomotion is always occupying such a space at any moment, the flying arrow is therefore motionless at that instant of time and at the next instant of time, but if both instants of time are taken as the same instant or continuous instant of time then it is in motion.
What part of speech is arrow paradox?
Arrow paradox is a noun.
What is the plural of arrow paradox?
The plural of arrow paradox is arrow paradoxes.

Words near arrow paradox in the dictionary

  1. arrow in the quiver
  2. arrow key
  3. arrow keys
  4. arrow of love
  5. arrow of time
  6. arrow paradox
  7. Arrow paradoxes
  8. arrow point
  9. arrow points
  10. arrow poison
  11. arrow poisons

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