point-instant en · NOUN
Meanings
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The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.
But out of time and space came point-instants, and out of point-instants came a universe.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 57:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| point-instants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |