ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Point-instant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Point-instant is a noun meaning (physics, philosophy) The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.

Meaning

(physics, philosophy) The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.

Example Sentences

But out of time and space came point-instants, and out of point-instants came a universe.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include timepoint, point, event, pointset, interval, gridpoint.

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