TIME, a succession of phenomena in the universe, or a mode of duration marked by certain periods or
measures, chiefly by the motion and revolution of the sun.
The general idea which time gives in every thing to which it is applied, is that of limited duration. Thus we cannot say of the Deity, that he exists in time; because eternity, which he inhabits, is absolutely uniform, neither admitting limitation nor succession. See METAPHYSICS, No 209.