a verbal formula believed to have magical force | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else) | an instance or single occasion for some event |
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition | a person's experience on a particular occasion |
| an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities) |
| the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned |
| a reading of a point in time as given by a clock |
| the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event |
| a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something |
| a suitable moment |