| 单词 | event-particle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasevent-particle event-particle n. Physics (now historical and rare) (in or with reference to the works of mathematician and philosopher A. N. Whitehead) an instantaneous occurrence in space-time, having no extent in either space or time; = point-event n. at point n.1 Compounds 2.Proposed as an abstraction of an event, analogous to the notion of a point in geometry. ΚΠ 1919 A. N. Whitehead Enq. Princ. Nat. Knowl. iii. x. 121 An event-particle is an instantaneous point viewed in the guise of an atomic event. The punct which an event-particle covers gives it an absolute position in the instantaneous space of any moment in which it lies. 1933 Mind 42 161 The instantaneous punctiform ‘event-particles’ of certain modern theories. 2014 B. E. Bannon From Mastery to Myst. 186 An analogy might be viewing a film frame by frame. In this case, each frame would capture an event-particle. < as lemmas |
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