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Zenoism

Zenoism is the alternative spelling of Zenonism.

Meaning of Zenonism

Noun

Zenonism (uncountable)

  1. The philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.
  2. A philosophical framework in which a finite continuum is regarded as an infinite number of discrete elements.
    • While synthesizing a controller for timed automata one should be careful not letting any of the players win by "Zenonism", that is, by preventing the time from progressing as does the Tortoise in its race against Achilles.1995, Eugene Asarin et al., “Symbolic controller synthesis for discrete and timed systems”, in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, volume 999, pages 1–20

Questions about Zenoism

What is Zenoism the alternative spelling of?
Zenoism is the alternative spelling of Zenonism.

Words near Zenoism in the dictionary

  1. zenocentric
  2. zenocutuzumab
  3. zenographic
  4. zenographical
  5. zenography
  6. Zenoism
  7. Zenoist
  8. Zenoists
  9. Zenon
  10. Zenoness
  11. Zenonian

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