supertask

[ soo-per-task, -tahsk ]

nounLogic.
  1. a paradox resulting from the notion that a task requiring an infinite number of steps could be performed in a finite time by halving the duration of each step.

Origin of supertask

1
First recorded in 1970–75; super- + task

Words Nearby supertask

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