what is time ?

Answer 1

It s the fourth dimension

Answer 2

Actually, TIme is used as a scale to measure velocity and many properties of a moving object.

But the truth, Time is the third dimension in the universe. We always take time in progressive direction.

Think that you are a superman and can travel across the global in a time which would not make the earth move even an inch in the eliptical path around the sun, then you are a time stopper.

That means its a very complex calculation of the Earth's revolution around the Sun and revolvement on its own axis.

Answer 3

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. The question, perhaps overly simplified and allowing for no middle ground, is thus: is time a "real thing" that is "all around us", or is it nothing more than a way of speaking about and measuring events?

Answer 4

Time as movement.

One of the easiest questions to answer is: "What time is it?" One of the most difficult questions to answer is: "What is time?"

We measure time's passage by hours, days, months, and years, but what is the elusive reality that we are measuring? A physicist would answer that time is the way that we measure the rotations and revolutions of the heavenly bodies.

But while the movement of the heavenly bodies is circular, the human sense of time is linear. On the physical level, the earth turns around today just like it turned around yesterday. On the deepest level, however, we know that yesterday should not be just a repetition of today, and this year should not be just a repetition of last year. We understand intuitively that our lives must move not in circles, but in spirals, with every rotation higher than the preceding one.

We also know that time runs out, and our bodies can endure only a certain number of years before they perish. This subconscious awareness of own mortality also colors our relationship to time and its passage.

The Arizal, the almost legendary mystic scholar, pointed out that the rotations and revolutions that physically mark the passage of time have a spiritual parallel. Every year is unique in terms of its potential, as is every month, every day, every hour.

Thus no two prayers are ever the same. A prayer recited this year can draw down spiritual forces that could not have been drawn down last year, or ever before in history. Every day and moment has its own unique gift in terms of its particular constellation of energy. We can either utilize that gift or spurn it.

Answer 5

To begin with, get rid of the notion that time is a NATURAL feature of the universe. It isn't! Time is an abstract concept developed by us to separate events into what we call 'past,' 'present,' and 'future.' Those three things don't exist as physical phenomena. Putting it briefly, time is not absolute -- there's no Cosmic Master Clock that ticks off the correct time for the universe. For me here on the west coast it's 10:00 pm, but for someone on the east coast it's 1:00 am. Which time is the right one? Which one is right according to the Cosmic Master Clock? Since there's no such clock, both times are right for the person in that particular reference frame.

Answer 6

It's a dimension for instance. Objects can move in 3 dimensions - x, y and z. But it cannot just disappear from one place and appear at other at the same instance. There's a gap between the instance at which the object was in first position and the instance at which the object rolled over to the second position. The difference between these two instances is time...

Answer 7

Time is a relative commodity.

You are 18 years old and your 36 year old mother makes a round trip to Alpha Centauri at about half the speed of light, when she returns you are 38 years old and she is 37.

Answer 8

Do not forget -- Time is actually another Dimension, notably the Fourth Dimension. Things do not coincide if they are at the exact same place in space unless they happen to be at that point in space at the exact same time-!

Answer 9

Time is a measurement of events and the passing of existence through numeric values.

Answer 10

Time is that precious thing which u can't buy ,time is moving with such speed that u can't stop, but u can value it by using it in a proper way and it will certainly be beneficial to u...

Answer 11

We measure time using Entropy as a reference.