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Instant
editShouldn't this be an article? an "instant" is different from the "present". Instantaneous velocity at t=+12seconds is not the present velocity, if t<>+12 seconds
65.93.12.101 (talk) 03:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
- Even though "instant" is not a synonym of "present", if it is adequately explained in the article on present, then this redirect is sufficient. So you could just enhance that article.
- The present is an instant. And what was the present at some time in the past was an instant. Similarly for the future. JRSpriggs (talk) 16:05, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
- The present is an instant, but not all instants are the present, or have been, or will be. Many usages are theoretical, such as an instant on a function graph for a theoretical construct. 65.93.12.101 (talk) 02:10, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Would that not be called an "instance" rather than an "instant"? JRSpriggs (talk) 05:39, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Not according to wiktionary wikt:instance / wikt:instant ; the entire function graph would be an instance of a function graph, a point on the time-axis would be an instant. 65.93.12.101 (talk) 08:35, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- Would that not be called an "instance" rather than an "instant"? JRSpriggs (talk) 05:39, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
- The present is an instant, but not all instants are the present, or have been, or will be. Many usages are theoretical, such as an instant on a function graph for a theoretical construct. 65.93.12.101 (talk) 02:10, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
source for definition?
editDo you have a source for the definition "An instant is a infinitesimal moment in time" ? Tkuvho (talk) 13:45, 31 March 2011 (UTC)
moving ..
editBy the time. Not the time - not and all. Даже Бога. Хоть шаром катись .. А не в чем. И оное ни в чём и в полнейшем отсутствии .. "Но потом кааак всё свалилось .. в ничто и никуда конешно .. ?? Так было. И так всегда будет ! 85.140.22.183 (talk) 17:15, 23 June 2023 (UTC)
Mutually exclusive with what?
editThe usual phrasing would "A and B are mutually exclusive". "Instantaneous is, with respect to the measurement of time, mutually exclusive" doesn't make sense. Should that say "instantaneous and the measurement of time are mutually exclusive."? John G Hasler (talk) 00:14, 31 March 2024 (UTC)