The essential qualities of time have been debated from Plato to Einstein, with no conclusive explanation to date.
It may be that the main attribute of time as it applies to our present dimension, is simply the measurement of the transformation of energy/matter. As I said before to view a 3 hr. movie you can either look at the film reel and thus see the entire movie in an instant as you look at the reel, however this precludes you from knowing/experiencing its content. Or one can put it in a projector and view/experience it ONE frame at time which gives the illusion that the events depicted are happening in a fluid sequence. (Clock on the wall has moved 3 hrs.) The actual film never changed, only the manner in which it was viewed/perceived/experienced.
Similarly the ability of flight has always existed, but it took the Wright Bros. to set mankind on the path that has led to our present space flight. The possibilities of everything have always existed, the manifestation of each possibility takes place ONE frame at a time whether is milliseconds or eons.
IMHO time would be defined as the mathematical measurement of the transformation of energy/matter.
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