supertask

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noun

A quantifiably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.

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Meanings

nounsupertask (plural supertasks)

plural supertasks

  1. human sciencesA quantifiably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.

    One might object that this scenario is truly a fiction, but the recent literature on supertasks shows that, although their reality is definitely still not established, at least its plausibility can be argued for.

    2008 January 31, Bart Van Kerkhove, Jean Paul Van Bendegem, “Pi on Earth, or Mathematics in the Real World”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI

Origin

From super- + task.

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supertask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supertask

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“supertask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supertask. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supertask,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supertask.

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