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Tue 19 Jun, 2012 09:19 pm
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impermanence
n.
the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations
@oristarA,
There can be more than 1 duration; multiple periods of time
in different centuries.
@OmSigDAVID,
OmSigDAVID wrote:
There can be more than 1 duration; multiple periods of time
in different centuries.
Doesn't "indefinitely long" mean "unlimited long"? If so, indefinitely long duration is not different from indefinitely long durations.
@oristarA,
I think I would have preferred, "the property of not existing for an indefinitely long duration".
@oristarA,
OmSigDAVID wrote:There can be more than 1 duration; multiple periods of time
in different centuries.
oristarA wrote: Doesn't "indefinitely long" mean "unlimited long"?
If so, indefinitely long duration is not different from indefinitely long durations.
IF it were addressing the concept of
FOREVER, ("unlimited long")
then that is one continuous duration.
David
@OmSigDAVID,
Thank you both.
What definition would you give to the word "indefinitely" here?
it could be long, it could be short, it could vary all over the place, it could sometimes be long, it could somethimes be short, it's indefinite, we don't know and/or can't predict.
i think the duration data type is an incomplete instantiation of duration as defined in ISO. it omits weeks, which are very useful for many human centric for communications.
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:Thank you both.
What definition would you give to the word "indefinitely" here?
It means that it is not a definite period of time (e.g., not a year)
and it implies that it is or will be what we perceive as a long time.
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