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Achilles and the Tortoise - 60-Second Adventures in Thought (1/6)
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VoiceTube posted on 2014/04/29Ever wondered how a legendary runner like Achilles could never catch a tortoise? This super quick video dives into Zeno's mind-bending paradox and explains infinite series with a fun twist. You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary while exploring a classic philosophical puzzle that even touches on real-world math!
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US /hɛd/
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UK /hed/
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To hit a ball with your head in a game
- To be first or at the front or top (e.g. a list)
- Countable Noun
- Counter for the number of cattle
- Leader or person with the greatest authority
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US /stɑrt/
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UK /stɑ:t/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- Beginning of something in place or time
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
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US /kætʃ, kɛtʃ/
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UK /kætʃ/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Amount of something that has been caught
- Trick or something trying to deceive
- Transitive Verb
- To stop something flying and hold it
- To stop something and not let it go, e.g. animals
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US /ˈsɪriz/
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UK /ˈsɪəri:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
- A number of things, events, or people of a similar kind or related nature coming one after another.
- Noun (plural)
- Number of things that happen one after another
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