Re: The SRians Said: Time is What the Clock Measures
- From: "kenseto" <kenseto@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 14:19:45 GMT
"Daniel Weston" <daniel009@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> It is impossible to have a meaningful discussion of time and its
> characteristics, unless the _time_ under_ discussion_ is defined. Time
> can be defined in at least half a dozen ways, with each definition
> dealing with different aspects than the other definitions.
>
> When Einstein gave his definition of "time is what you read off a
> clock", that is his definition and suitable for his purposes. If anyone
> can come up with a better DEFINITION, lets hear it, and it will then be
> discussed. Sitting back and carping at someone else's definition is
> duck soup. Let's get intellectual and begin with a proposed different
> definition.
>
> As an example only: Time is the comparison of the motion of one body
> with the motion of another.
Time is absolute time. The rate of passage of absolute time is invariant and
not affected by the state of motion. A clock second represents a specific
amount of absolute time for a specfic state of absolute motion of the clock.
A clock second represents a different amount of of absolute time in
different states of absolute motion of the clock
Ken Seto
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