Glossary
Definitions of the key terms of the series, quoted from the books themselves.
About this glossaryEvery definition below is quoted verbatim from the PDF editions that can be downloaded from the ebooks and articles pages. Each entry links back to its source document. |
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Space Space is the unique constituent of our Universe. |
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Granular fluid is the material component of space and it virtually determines all its properties. |
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Gravitational interaction The gravitational interaction is the primary force that shapes things at any scale, on any distance. |
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Electric field The electric field is a vector field; its direction is given by the resultant flux and by the sign of the electric charge, while the magnitude is given by the intensity of the flux passing through a surface perpendicular to its direction. |
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Charge Charge is an additive quantity; therefore, the total charge of a particle is twice the charge of a single side. |
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Wavelength The wavelength is the length of the complete photon's structure, of that cylinder containing both granular oscillations. |
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Dark matter Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter composed of (unknown yet) mass particles that would only interact gravitationally; it is presumed to represent about 27% of the total matter in the Universe. |
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Dark energy Dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy that represents approximately 68% of the total matter (equivalent), being introduced to explain the accelerated movement of the galaxies away from each other. |
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Gravity Gravity is a subquantum-scale phenomenon that has effects at any scale, from the elementary particles up to the universe. |
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Granular time The granular time is a hypothetical quantity assumed to have a constant rate. |
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Time Time is a physical quantity that reflects a unique property of matter: at the smallest scale, matter is composed of discrete, perpetually moving granules. |
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Life Life is a set of mechanisms and processes characterizing the "functional" state of a complex material entity, through which it grows, develops, transforms, evolves, and reproduces independently by continuously exchanging energy and matter with its surrounding environment. |
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Consciousness Consciousness is a higher-order function of perceiving and understanding reality. |
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Communication Communication is the complex function that, in my view, played the most critical role in triggering the process of self-awareness and intentional action within a social and environmental context. |
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The Meter The Meter is the current unit of measurement for lengths, i.e. the distance traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299792458 of a second. |
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Stellar aberration Stellar aberration is an astronomical phenomenon that produces an apparent change in direction to the light coming from the stars; this is due to the relative movement of the observer about the source of light and due to the finite speed of light. |
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Wave-particle duality The duality of particles is a permanent feature; however, the exact type of property chosen for measurement - and implicitly the concrete configuration of the measuring device - will determine which side of this duality will be revealed after the interaction. |
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Granular fluid and fields The granular fluid is the source of all the rules governing the motion, interaction and transformation of quantum objects, as well as the propagation medium for all known fields. |