nowhen

名词 n. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A point from which one has an unrestricted perspective in time. uncountable
    — I want to show that if we want to understand the asymmetry of time then we need to be able to understand, and quarantine, the various ways in which our patterns of thought reflect the peculiarities of our own temporal perspective. We need to acquaint ourselves with what might aptly be called the view from nowhen.
副词 adv.
  1. In or at no (point in) time. not-comparable
    — Again, whatever is not here nor there, now nor then, is capable of being nowhen or nowhere; and so all things which consist of parts, though they may exist always (like Time) or everywhere (like the Universe),[…]

词源

词源 1
From no + when, by analogy with nowhere. See quotation from 1996.
词源 2
From no + when, by analogy with nowhere. See quotation from 1996.
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