单词 | space-time continuum |
释义 | > as lemmasspace-time continuum A continuous thing, quantity, or substance; a continuous series of elements passing into each other. space-time continuum, see space-time adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [noun] > continuous succession > a continuous series or course seriousnessc1487 continuity1601 train1606 series1613 thread1642 continuum1650 clue1656 run1709 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) ii. i. 40 The fusible salt draws the earth and infusible part into one continuum. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iv. iv. 327 The admirable accommodation of the several Parts of the Humane Body to make up one Continuum. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 13 There could be no continuum: each numerical unit was distinct and separated from the rest by a portion of vacant space. a1878 G. H. Lewes Study Psychol. (1879) 133 To these animals [the wolf and dog] the external world seems a continuum of scents, as to man it is a continuum of sights. 1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 51/1 [article Psychology] All possible sensations of colour, of tone, and of temperature constitute as many groups of qualitative continua. 1903 B. Russell Princ. Math. xxxvi. 297 Cantor proves that any series M satisfying the above conditions is ordinally similar to the number-continuum, i.e. the real numbers from 0 to 1, both inclusive. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 2/1 We must know more of the properties of the ponderable atoms moving in the continuum which fills all space. 1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. iv. 91 There are no doubt good physiological reasons for these phenomena of the sensory continuum. 1953 A. E. Smailes Geogr. Towns 33 There is no longer either socially or physically a simple clear-cut dichotomy of town and country; rather it is an urban-rural continuum. 1962 L. J. Cohen Diversity of Meaning (1966) i. 12 Descriptive studies are also needed to abstract and record the pivotal stages in a continuum of change. < as lemmas |
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