English Explanatory Dictionary

arrow of time

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The direction of time within a four-dimensional relativistic view of the cosmos.
  2. The subjective feeling of movement from past to future.
  3. Entropy.

Word forms

arrow of time arrows of time time's arrow

Etymology

Reported coined in 1927.

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