how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | an instance or single occasion for some event |
measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | a person's experience on a particular occasion |
a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) |
musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned |
(prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | a reading of a point in time as given by a clock |
a statute in draft before it becomes law | the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event |
a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something |
| a suitable moment |