2007-01-10 21:36:13 · 8 answers · asked by haqmil t 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Time is different in all frames of reference so it's a bit hard.
Imagine the universe is split up into a massive grid in 2-d. ie lots of squares. Now imagine each square has a clock in it. Not all of these clocks will run at the same rate due to relativity. It starts getting a bit wierd when you get into this, but it's very interesting!!!
2007-01-10 21:43:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There are two distinct views on the meaning of time. One view is that time is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a dimension in which events occur in sequence. This is the realist view, to which Sir Isaac Newton subscribed, in which time itself is something that can be measured.
A contrasting view is that time is part of the fundamental intellectual structure (together with space and number) within which we sequence events, quantify the duration of events and the intervals between them, and compare the motions of objects. In this view, time does not refer to any kind of entity that "flows", that objects "move through", or that is a "container" for events. This view is in the tradition of Gottfried Leibniz and Immanuel Kant, in which time, rather than being an objective thing to be measured, is part of the mental measuring system.
2007-01-10 21:43:47 · answer #2 · answered by oleg_arch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is generally a direct result of 3 spatial dimensions. The only way it can be measured is by watching events occur in sequence. No events, no time.
If you were in a fixed position and surrounded by nothingness, where everything is of the same colour, objects do not exist, let alone move, you wouldn't be able to get a frame of reference, thus time wouldn't exist in a way.
2007-01-10 22:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by Skywalker 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time is the 4th dimension of our space.
For example,we use ordered trios like (x,y,z) to define a
point in the space, but for an exact definition, we have to define
that point as (x,y,z,time).
2007-01-10 21:46:42 · answer #4 · answered by hopest 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
So, following on from Skywalker, perhaps time is the ability for things to change?
2007-01-10 22:27:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
an instance or single occasion for some event
2007-01-10 21:54:20 · answer #6 · answered by ave-gale 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
time is a container of events
2007-01-10 21:41:22 · answer #7 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E=mc2 Eintein's theory of relativity
2007-01-10 21:46:17 · answer #8 · answered by notskeerd1 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋