Glossary of Terms By Ashish singh Nov,08,2021 I have tried where possible not to use technical terms and jargon, but this was not always possible. Where technical terms have been used (or everyday terms used in a more technical sense), I have tried to explain their meanings in situ, but here in addition is a glossary of such terms. The links within these definitions – where one definition relies to some extent on another, or where concepts are linked in some way – are to other terms on thi...

Exactly What Is Time? We can measure time extremely accurately, but it is very difficult to define and explain exactly what time actually isMost websites and books on the subject begin with a candid admission that time is a curious and slippery concept which continues to defy definitive explanation despite hundreds, even thousands, of years of trying. We are told that time is “enigmatic” and “ineffable”, but that does not help us much in our search for the true nature of time. Nearly two and a...

Definition of Time By Ashish singh Nov,08,2021 There is no one simple definition of timeTime is something we deal with every day, and something that everyone thinks they understand. However, a compact and robust definition of time has proved to be remarkably tricky and elusive. Short Definitions Among the many short, snappy definitions of time that have been put forward are: what clocks measure (attr. to physicists Albert Einstein, Donald Ivey, and others) what prevents everything from h...