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  • noun philosophy An uncountably infinite number of operations that occur sequentially within a finite interval of time.

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hyper- +‎ task

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  • A hypertask is a non-numerable infinite sequence of actions or operations carried out in a finite interval of time.

    Supertasks Laraudogoitia, Jon Pérez 2004

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