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point-instant

point-instant noun: the smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.

Noun

point-instant (plural point-instants)

  1. The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.
    • But out of time and space came point-instants, and out of point-instants came a universe.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 57

Forms of point-instant

pluralpoint-instants

Questions about point-instant

What does point-instant mean?
Point-instant means the smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.
What part of speech is point-instant?
Point-instant is a noun.
What is the plural of point-instant?
The plural of point-instant is point-instants.

Words near point-instant in the dictionary

  1. point-device
  2. point-devise
  3. point-free
  4. point-in-line
  5. point-in-lines
  6. point-instant
  7. point-instants
  8. point-of-view
  9. point-of-viewless
  10. point-of-viewlessness
  11. point-of-viewness

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