What is he elasticity of time all about?
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elasticity of time refers to its non-uniform nature according to the theory of relativity.\n\naccording to einstein's work, time is experienced differently by different observers depending on their motion and acceleration ( gravity ).  \n\nthe take home message is that time is not absolute but an observer related measurement. this result is an extension of the assumption that the speed of light is always fixed for ALL observers.
737506
Hi. The first three are physical, the fourth is temporal, the rest are mathematical. We think of the fourth as time, but it really is not. Time, when you get down to it, is an infinite series of 'moments', not to be confused with seconds, years, picoseconds, etc. Humans tend to measure the passing of time in rather coarse terms. If you could see time then objects would be stretched out. A human, for instance, would look like a very long worm tapering from very small (an egg) to adult size to bones, which would last the longest.
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Time is inversely proportional to your enjoyment of it.
219704
Do you mean that it is behind the time?\n\nIf so it just offsets the time. It does not keep you at work longer.
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the economy\nincome\ndebt\na lot of stuff\nsorry thats all i can offer with such a vague question
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation\nall i know of is high speed and gravity distort time. like the gravity of the earth creates a small distortion around it.
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time is a relative thing....it's a measure that isn't even the same  in normal situations.as an example:u are sitting on a bench, you hae your clock with u,someone else ifs flying in a supersonic, he has his clock with him,in a hundred years or so his clock will show less than yours.time travel...well that's another complex thing...you see if somone were to travel at light speed it would gain a lot of time comparing to someone travelling at sublight speeds.there is a theory that if someone were to orbit the earth let's say , in it's oposite spining direction at a faster than light speed it would reach it's start position...BEFORE the actual start time, thus travelling in the past , but faster then light speeds can't be reached .other temporal anomalies apear in wormholes.
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Time is, therefore we measure it.  So it is natural,  Humans quantify it.  \n\nIt is a funny thing.  Time to us is a way that we can judge when an object reaches it's destination.  In sports, we think of the amazing athletes that "see things just a bit quicker" than the rest of us.  (All hail Wayne Gretzky!)  In law enforcement it is a measure to inflict speeding tickets.  All of these facets of time are quantified by human measures.  However time exists regardless of the existence of humans.
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The idea that time is another dimension is not currently in favor, so if you were to take a contemporary view, time isnt a dimension at all.  Thus, a 2 dimensional object moving through time would be just that- a changable 2D object.  Time is a degree of freedom for motion, physical and chemical reactions, etc, but not (again, currently thought) to be a dimension equivalent to the three we exist in (or the 13 or so that are sub-microscopic).
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well, we all assume that time flows in one direction and one thing follows another. Maybe that's just the way we see it. Try to imagine that you were a cartoon, 2D on a page, you have no concept of the 3rd dimension. If we could se everything that had happened at once, time wouldn't be linear but I digress. In effect non-linear time means that one thing would not necessarily come after the other e.g. I wrote this 'before' you asked the question.
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Stress is a normalization of force over area (or pressure) that is acting on a body.\n\nStrain is percent deformation (or change in length of the body) resulting from the load action on the body.\n\nThey are related by Hooke's Law in the elastic region. Hooke's Law states that Force is proportional the displacement in an elastic body. However, in materials Stress is proportional to strain by Young's Modulus.\n\nIf:\ns = stress\ne = strain\nE = Young's Modulus\n\nThen s = Ee
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Yes it is it is used in so many constants and in so many formuli everything revolves around time. Even though it is not  their to be seen it cotrols our lives in such a big way.
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Actually, your assumption than glass is not elastic is dead wrong.  It is, in fact, one of the most elastic substances known to man.  This follows from the definition of elasticity: The ability to deform and return to the original shape.\n\nThis is commonly confused with PLASTICITY, the ability to deform and STAY deformed, which glass has virtually zero of.\n\nThat said, it should be noted that contrary to graemefirth's assertion, glass has no crystal stucture, but rather at room temperature is actually the world's most viscous LIQUID!  The proof of this can be measured in ancient church window panes which have sagged over hundreds of years to be thicker at the bottom than the top.\n\n----BELIEVE IT OR NOT------
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when u r measuring time from a given inertial time frame every time-frames are relative to it.Standing at that reference frame u can only calculate the precision of individual events but not the absoluteness of the time-frame itself.\n    U don't need to think about the absoluteness ofcourse to describe any property of universe. U do it relative to u.
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Looks to be a subtle omission from the other posts about this.\n\nAcceleration is the rate of change of velocity with respect to time.\n\nThat is not insignificant. There can be relationships between numerous quantities in physics. One must specify which ones are dependet on the otehrs, otherwise a 'definition' is unclear and effectively useless.
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What is time? We tend to measure everything by our learned standards.  Can you even try to imagine the Big Bang?  We as a race (human) know so little.
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Time is a creation. It exists because we keep it. Distance is a constant, something inseparable from the fabric of reality.