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'''Time''' is a [[Measurement (nonfiction)|measure (nonfiction)]] in which [[Event (nonfiction)|events]] can be ordered from the past through the present into the future, and also the measure of durations of events and the intervals between them.
'''Time''' is a [[Measurement (nonfiction)|measure]] in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future, and also the measure of durations of events and the intervals between them.


Time is often referred to as the fourth dimension, along with the three spatial dimensions.
Time is often referred to as the fourth dimension, along with the three spatial dimensions.
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Time has long been a major subject of study in religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a manner applicable to all fields without circularity has consistently eluded scholars.
Time has long been a major subject of study in religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a manner applicable to all fields without circularity has consistently eluded scholars.


== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== In the News ==


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File:The_Time_Machine_by_H.G._Wells (1895).jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|''The Time Machine'' by H.G. Wells (1895) involved [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]].
File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' computing the current time.  This clock is accurate to within plus or minus three minutes.
File:The_Time_Machine_by_H.G._Wells (1895).jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|Copy of ''The Time Machine'' by H.G. Wells (1895) purchased at good price using [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]].
File:Phantomtollbooth.PNG|link=The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)|[[The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)|The Phantom Tollbooth]] showing Tock and Milo.
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* [[Chronometer (nonfiction)]]
== Fiction cross-reference ==
* [[Measurement (nonfiction)]]
 
* [[Space (nonfiction)]]
* [[Time]]
* [[Time bomb]]


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==


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File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' computing the current time.  This clock is accurate to within plus or minus three minutes.
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* [[Time]]
* [[Chronometer (nonfiction)]]
* [[Time bomb]]
* [[Measurement (nonfiction)]]
* [[Space (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
External links:


* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time Time] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time Time] @ Wikipedia

Latest revision as of 16:57, 23 June 2016

Time is a measure in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future, and also the measure of durations of events and the intervals between them.

Time is often referred to as the fourth dimension, along with the three spatial dimensions.

Time has long been a major subject of study in religion, philosophy, and science, but defining it in a manner applicable to all fields without circularity has consistently eluded scholars.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links: