A stopwatch is a device used to measure time accurately.
Time is a word from the Latin tempus that is used to name a magnitude of a physical nature, which is used in order to measure how long something susceptible to change lasts. When a thing passes from one state to another, and said change is noticed by an observer, that period can be quantified and measured as time.
For example: "I should stop by Marcos' house, but I don't have time today," "Do you want to go to breakfast?" We have plenty of time » , «There is no more time to wait: tell Grontter now that we reject his proposal» .
We often talk about gaining it, losing it or saving it, but the truth is that it cannot even be hoarded. Time moves inexorably and there is nothing we can do to modify its course. Impossible to make it develop slower or faster, or try to save a little for the future.
Sequential organization
Thanks to time, we can organize events sequentially or in a chronology. This order establishes a past (what has already happened), a present (what is happening at the moment) and a future (what is going to happen soon).
The division of time, meanwhile, allows the organization of life. Depending on the need, units such as seconds , minutes , hours , days , weeks , months , years , decades , centuries or millennia are considered.
As we already indicated, time acceleration is not possible, nor can time dilation be achieved. However, the perception of the duration of moments or stages usually varies even if the clock maintains its unchanged operation and the calendar advances normally.
It is common, in this framework, for the work day to seem longer than a vacation or weekend day, even though the days last exactly the same. Likewise, in adulthood or old age time seems to move faster than in childhood or adolescence.
There is no exact date or specific moment where this appreciation changes, but rather it is part of the emotional development and experiences experienced. It should also be considered that, when appealing to memory and remembering past events, distortions occur: nothing is remembered precisely as it happened.
Many people feel that leisure time is scarce.
Time in literature and cinema
It must be emphasized that the game that can be established with different types of time has been the one that has inspired various arts, such as literature or cinema. Thus, for example, in the first area it is worth highlighting the existence of books such as "The Time Machine" by the writer HG Wells .
It was in 1895 that this novel was published, classified within the genre of science fiction, in which it is told how, in the 19th century , a scientist makes a very unique invention: a vehicle that allows him to travel through time. and that will make you know both the past and the future.
Along the same lines is the trilogy of films titled "Back to the Future" (or "Back to the Future" ), which was brought to the big screen by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis . It stars Dr. Emmett Brown (played by Chris Lloyd ), a somewhat eccentric scientist who uses a car as a means of transportation to travel through time, and his friend Marty McFly ( Michael J. Fox ). This will be the one who, together with that one, makes those unique trips that will take them to know the past and the future not only of themselves but also of their most loved ones.
The film "Trapped in Time" , meanwhile , stars Bill Murray and Andy McDowell . It tells how a television presenter, played by the first, will live the same day over and over again for a time.
The realization of time travel usually appears in literature and cinema.
atmospheric conditions
It is possible to associate time with something that does not strictly have to do with this arrangement. The concept of weather refers to the phenomena that occur in the atmosphere of a planet and are known, when it reaches a certain temporal stability, as climate .
Rain , wind , hail and snow are some of the weather phenomena that are recorded on Earth and that determine the living conditions of human beings and other species.
Paying attention to time is a daily routine for almost everyone. Looking out the window at dawn helps you know how to dress so as not to feel cold or hot when leaving the house, for example. Checking the forecast , on the other hand, is useful when planning to organize a birthday or anniversary party.
It is important to indicate that meteorological weather is linked to the seasons and times of the year, and even to the time of day. Summer is warmer than winter and higher temperatures are usually recorded at midday than at midnight, to mention common circumstances.