Newtonian absolute time

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Newtonian absolute time is the classical concept that time flows uniformly and identically for all observers, independent of their motion or reference frame.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf classical mechanics concept
physical concept
time concept
appliesTo all events in the universe
all inertial frames
non-inertial frames
assumes independent existence from events
same time coordinate for all observers
time passes even if nothing happens
contrastsWith Einsteinian spacetime
relativistic time
time dilation
criticizedBy Albert Einstein
philosophy of time debates
describedIn Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
domain non-relativistic physics
flowsAt constant rate
hasMathematicalRepresentation global time parameter t
separate from spatial coordinates
hasProperty absolute
continuous
homogeneous
independent of motion of observer
independent of observer
independent of physical processes
independent of reference frame
isotropic
one-dimensional
uniform flow
universal
hasStatusInModernPhysics approximation valid at low velocities
approximation valid in weak gravitational fields
historicallyAttributedTo Isaac Newton
implies no relativity of simultaneity
simultaneity is absolute
time intervals are invariant between observers
influences classical causality concepts
classical determinism
opposedBy relationist theories of time
partOf Newtonian mechanics
philosophicalPosition substantivalism about time
relatedTo Newtonian absolute space
replacedBy relativistic time in modern physics
supports global synchronization of clocks
usedIn Galilean relativity
Newtonian gravitational theory
classical particle dynamics

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
relativity of simultaneity
special relativity
theory of relativity
contradicts

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