The Operational Definition of Time
Bob
Kroepel
Copyright © 2012
Lakeside Studios
20 South Shore Road
New Durham, NH USA 03855
The Operational Definition of Time
Time = I. The Temporal Principle: A chosen duration (modeled after a
natural recurring motion/cycle or an arbitrary duration) called a
time-interval can be used for the unit of temporal measurement of the
durations between multiple events, the durations of single events, the
durations (ages) of people and objects, of space, and of matter-energy
(m/e), for the timerate (rate of ticking), timepoints (marks on a
timeline, or a continuum of time), timeline (history, record of
timepoints on a continuum of time), and timecounts (accumulations by
addition for timepoints from the past through the present into the
future—the arrow of time being from the past through the present into
the future) in timepieces (clocks, watches, etc.), and for the
determination of the sequences of events, the simultaneities of events,
the causalities of events, and the changerates (rates of change) of
events, and for the coordination (synchronization) of events inre
single and multiple reference frames/bodies; II. The Temporal Process:
The incorporation of chosen time-intervals into the design, fabrication
and deployment of timepieces and the use of timepieces' timerates,
timepoints, timelines, and timecounts for the temporal measurement of
durations and the determination of event sequences, simultaneities,
causalities, and changerates, and the event coordination inre single
and multiple reference frames/bodies.
The essence of time is the time-interval (TI).
There are two types of TIs: (1) The Variable Time-Interval (VTI) vs (2)
The Invariable Time-Interval (ITI).
NOTE: The VTI is also the Local Time-Interval (LTI); The ITI is also
the Absolute Time-Interval (ATI).
There are two types of timepieces: (1) The Variable Time-Interval Clock
(VTIC) vs (2) The Invariable Time-Interval Clock (ITIC).
There are two types of ITIC designs: (1) The Radio Clock ITIC Design
(Master Clock -> Slave Clocks) vs. (2) The Inertial Clock ITIC
Design (Accelerometers Linked to Computers).
Radio clocks are found used as standard clocks by the USNO (US Naval
Observatory), the US NIST (US National Institute of Standards and
Technology), and the BIPM (Bureau Internationale des Poids et
Mésures) and the clocks of the US GPS nav system (master clock
-> slave clock design, wherein the GPS master clock is synched to
the USNO standard clocks and sends radio signals to GPS satellite
clocks to regular those clocks' timerates and timecounts—necessary for
the successful operation of the GPS nav system).
Inertial clocks are found in the inertial navigation system (INS)
aboard US military aircraft, ships, submarines, tanks, etc.
NOTE: VTICs are distortable clocks (non-adjustable clocks); ITICs are
adjustable clocks (non-distortable clocks).
NOTE: VTICs are also Local Time Clocks (LTCs); ITICs are also Absolute
Time Clocks (ATCs).
There are two types of time: (I) Variable Time-Interval Clock Time
(VTICT) vs. (2) Invariable Time-Interval Time (ITICT).
NOTE: VTICT is also Local Time (LT); ITICT is also Absolute Time (AT)
NOTE: VTICT is also distortable time (non-adjustable time); ITICT is
also adjustable time (non-distortable time).