antiperistasis
Mentions of Antiperistasis in the World Encyclopedia
From [Vacuum
...Therefore, the existence of a medium is also an essential factor in the explanation of inertial motion. The explanation of inertial motion attributed to Plato, called "antiperistasis antiperistasis," deftly deals with the motion of a boat that appears to have no direct motive force acting on it (it has finished rowing). At the last stroke, the boat moves forward, but then it ceases to exist where it existed before. ...
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