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Zenonism

Zenonism noun: the philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.

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
    • Zenonism (which regards the continuum as composed of points) was defended on various occasions in the Jesuit context, and was also repressed and condemned a number of times.1998, Paolo Rossi, “I Punti Di Zenone: Una Preistoria Vichiana”, in Nuncius, volume 13, number 2, page 377

Forms of Zenonism

alternative formZenoism

Origin of Zenonism

From Zeno + -ism, with the terminal "n" from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn).

Words formed from Zenonism

Questions about Zenonism

What does Zenonism mean?
Zenonism means the philosophy of Zeno of Citium; stoicism.
What part of speech is Zenonism?
Zenonism is a noun.

Words near Zenonism in the dictionary

  1. Zenon
  2. Zenoness
  3. Zenonian
  4. Zenonians
  5. Zenonic
  6. Zenonism
  7. Zenonist
  8. Zenonists
  9. Zenons
  10. zenophobia
  11. Zenor

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