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supertasks

supertasks is the plural of supertask.

Meaning of supertask

Noun

supertask (plural supertasks)

  1. 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

Questions about supertasks

What is supertasks the plural of?
Supertasks is the plural of supertask.

Words near supertasks in the dictionary

  1. supertartrate
  2. supertartrates
  3. supertask
  4. supertasker
  5. supertaskers
  6. supertasks
  7. supertaster
  8. supertasters
  9. supertastic
  10. supertasting
  11. supertax

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