time
dimension in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future
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Summary
time is a scalar quantity[1]. time is a type of sequence[2], measurable set[3], time entity[4], and substance[5].
Key Facts
- Instance of: independent variable[6], spatio-temporal entity[7]
- Part of: spacetime[8]
- Quantity symbol (string): t[9], τ[10]
- Has part(s): time interval[11]
- Depicted by: Time, Venus and Love[12], The Triumph of Time[13], Truth[14]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[15], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[21], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[22]
- Topic has template: Template:Time topics[23], Template:时间导航[24], Template:Time sidebar[25]
- Has characteristic: unidirectionality[26], time factor[27]
- Manifestation of: measurable set[28]
- Main Wikidata property: P4895[29]
- Different from: duration[30], time[31]
- Studied by: philosophy of space and time[32], general relativity[33], sociology of time[34]
- Permanent duplicated item: Wikidata item[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[36], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
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Influence
Things named for time include newspaper[38], a product category[39]; Time of Desires[40], a film[41], directed by Yuli Raizman[42]; Al-ʿAṣr[43], a surah[44]; Lacus Temporis[45], a lacus[46]; and Čas[47], a magazine[48], founded in 1886[49].
Why It Matters
Entities named for time include newspaper[38], a product category[39]; Time of Desires[40], a film[41], directed by Yuli Raizman[42]; Al-ʿAṣr[43], a surah[44]; Lacus Temporis[45], a lacus[46]; and Čas[47], a magazine[48], founded in 1886[49].