Meaning of startness | Babel Free

Definitions

The condition of being started.

nonstandard, rare, uncountable

Examples

“But startness is only what it is by virtue of the existence of not-startness, and vice-versa. That is, up is only up because our minds conceive of a down.”

“The button ignition was one of the best I’ve encountered (often they don’t respond quickly enough, and you end up pressing five times before you enter the state of stoppedness or startness you desired).”

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