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Time is both the dimension of change and the 'flow' of change – one word, two subtly different meanings

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Introduction – what is Time?
What the dictionaries say about Time…
- …and what we can deduce from the dictionaries.
What is change?
What is a dimension?
1. Time: the dimension
2. Time: the ‘flow’
So what does this mean for Time?
Conclusion
Question I get asked about Time and related stuff.
Appendix 1: What the dictionaries say about time
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If the fourth dimension is time, does that mean we are constantly moving in the fourth dimension?

December 22, 2021January 17, 2022timedefiner

No. Time is not a spatial dimension (Space is!). ‘ To ‘Move’ is a spatial reference.

Time is the dimension of change.

We are constantly changing in the fourth dimension.

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