point-instant

noun

The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.

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Meanings

nounpoint-instant (plural point-instants)

plural point-instants

  1. human sciencesThe 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
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APA

point-instant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point-instant

MLA

“point-instant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point-instant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “point-instant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point-instant.

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