supertask
supertask noun: a quantifiably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.
Noun
supertask (plural supertasks)
- A quantifiably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.
- One might object that this scenario is truly a fiction, but the recent literature on supertasks shows that, although their reality is definitely still not established, at least its plausibility can be argued for.2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI
Forms of supertask
| plural | supertasks |
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Origin of supertask
From super- + task.
Questions about supertask
- What does supertask mean?
- Supertask means a quantifiably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.
- What part of speech is supertask?
- Supertask is a noun.
- What is the plural of supertask?
- The plural of supertask is supertasks.
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