Sentences with phrase «definition of continuum»

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On this view, the only new thing, which is still the old, is the state of motion, and this involves no increase of being, and in it, by definition, the static, fixed element can as little be regarded as something in itself and as a definite reality, as the individual parts in a continuum can be considered separately in themselves as constituting, in that distinct condition, the whole quantitative continuum.

[T] he point of the definition [of straight lines by the method of extensive abstraction] is to demonstrate that the extensive continuum, apart from the particular actualities into which it is atomized, includes in its systematic structure the relationships of regions expressed by straight lines.

In light of the definition of «a straight line,» however, this would mean that in diverse regions of the space - time continuum under consideration the measuring rod, under prevailing standard conditions or the introduction of correction factors, is not deformed in its length as it is moved from point to point or in differing directions in the space - time continuum.

As we noted in note 21, Whitehead's definition of simultaneity (contemporaneity) presupposes that the entities are in the extensive continuum.

It thus «seems necessary to say that a continuum, where it is continuous and unbroken, contains no definite parts; that its parts are created in the act of defining them and the precise definition of them breaks the continuity.»

Murray Murphey finds Peirce's declaration that individual identity consists in a continuity of reactions to be inconsistent with «either the definition of reaction or of continuity — there can not be a continuum of instantaneous events.

When he gave his definition of individual identity, the view of continuity he had in mind would seem to be the «common sense» one he came to through a modification of Kant's definition «that a continuum is that of which every part has itself parts of the same kind» (6.168).

TALIS speaks to the need for professional development that is consciously situated on that continuum and designed to help teachers — all teachers — move toward the profession's definition of accomplished practice.»

We believe the 5D is not only clearly aligned with at least six of the evaluation criterion, but will also provide a clear definition of each criteria along with a continuum of evidence or lack of evidence to reach each criteria standard,» said Chris Borgen, Superintendent of Anacortes School District.

Training sophomores, juniors and seniors throughout the academic year on definitions, resources for reporting, risk reduction, bystander intervention, situational awareness, and addressing the continuum of sexual violence as a leadership issue.

It proposes a dimensional diagnostic framework but with no criteria for definitions of mild, moderate, and severe forms along the continuum, any symptom can be present or absent, and there are no set number of symptoms for determining the different dimensional points along the continuum.

Realistic family reunification is compromised The hierarchy of least intensive helping services as «good for families» and most intensive helping services as «bad for families» widely believed imposed on the continuum by the 1980 legislation (though not in fact, spelled out P.L. 96 - 272 as written), in part based on the ideological position that truly functional families should raise their children with little or no outside support, also leads to an overly rigid definition of family reunification.

Definitions of each of the main terms are given and related graphically to each other in the Therapeutic Play Continuum diagram.