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| − | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairos '''Kairos.''' ] καιρός. "a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved." From the Greek. {{lang-grc|[[wikt:καιρός#Ancient Greek|καιρός]]}} "While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative, permanent nature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkairo%2Fs1 |title=(Dictionary Entry) |work=Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon |access-date=2015-07-13 }}</ref> ''Kairos'' also means ''weather'' in [[Modern Greek]]...In weaving, kairos denotes the moment in which the [[Shuttle (weaving)|shuttle]] could be passed through threads on the [[loom]]."<ref>Stephenson,Hunter W. (2005) "Forecasting Opportunity: Kairos, Production, and Writing, p.4. University Press of America: Oxford</ref> | |
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Kairos. καιρός. "a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved." From the Greek. Template:Lang-grc "While chronos is quantitative, kairos has a qualitative, permanent nature.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kairos also means weather in Modern Greek...In weaving, kairos denotes the moment in which the shuttle could be passed through threads on the loom."<ref>Stephenson,Hunter W. (2005) "Forecasting Opportunity: Kairos, Production, and Writing, p.4. University Press of America: Oxford</ref>
