point-instant

Noun

(physics, philosophy) The smallest unit of space-time; a particular point along the continua of space and time.

Japanese Meaning

時空の最小単位（物理学や哲学における、空間と時間の連続体上の特定の一点）

Physicists debated whether the point-instant could be empirically detected or was merely a theoretical construct.

物理学者たちは、時空の最小単位が実験的に検出できるのか、それとも単なる理論上の概念に過ぎないのかを議論した。

Sense（1）

(physics, philosophy) The 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.

point-instants

（ plural ）