all there at that time,
&gt; &gt; in contrast to something that is thought of as being divided into
&gt; &gt; stages (contrast "Occurrent"). Examples include normal physical
&gt; &gt; objects, geographical regions, things like corporations or nations,
&gt; &gt; and locations of occurrents. The formal definition is that all the
&gt; &gt; parts of a continuant are present at the same time that the
&gt; &gt; continuant is; in other words, a continuant cannot have 'parts' which
&gt; &gt; are separated in time, 