In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue.

In physics, the treatment of time is a central issue.

It has been treated as a question of geometry.

One can measure time and treat it as a geometrical dimension, such as length, and perform mathematical operations on it.

It is a scalar quantity and, like length, mass, and charge, is usually listed in most physics books as a fundamental quantity.

Time can be combined mathematically with other fundamental quantities to derive other concepts such as motion, energy and fields.

Time is largely defined by its measurement in physics..

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