omega point

noun

A well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane.

Meanings

omega point1

nounomega point (plural omega points)

plural omega points

  1. geometryA well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane.

    To begin, let AB be a given segment, and l and m be sensed parallel lines with shared omega point Ω.

    2018, Maureen T. Carroll, Elyn Rykken, Geometry: The Line and the Circle, page 319
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Omega Point (“maximal level of complexity in the universe, associated with the idea of God”).

Omega Point2

nounOmega Point (plural Omega Points)

plural Omega Points · alternative Omega point · alternative omega point

  1. A maximal level of complexity in the universe, often equated with the Christian God, which some philosophers believe is inevitable.

    [Philip] Goff likens this scenario to the visions of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the French Jesuit priest who, as we've seen, prophesied the coming Omega Point and inspired aspects of transhumanism.

    2021, Meghan O'Gieblyn, chapter 9, in God, Human, Animal, Machine […] , →ISBN
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    We may hope that the intelligence at the omega point will consist of our descendants. That is to say, of our intellectual descendants, since our present physical forms could not survive near the omega point.

    1998 [1997], David Deutsch, The Fabric of Reality, New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 352

Omega point3

nounOmega point (plural Omega points)

plural Omega points

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Omega Point.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

The use of omega to refer to the concept was originated by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, in reference to it being the final letter of the Greek alphabet; see alpha and omega.

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