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[ Taxi ] > [ Ta ] - Time
What time is it ?
These words/phrases will be used when describing a time or a duration, which is useful when it comes to time telling, they fall under the "Taxi" type.
Word Structure
moment / duration ?
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time segments
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......
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[ Taxi ] > [ Ta ] : "Time"
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predifined / standard ?
A single Word that falls under the "Taxi"-type will have a structure like above.
Not every slot will be present but it take the structure above as the grammatic template.
In this page we will be diving into those slots.
Moment VS Duration
when we look at "03:45:16",
do we mean "3 hours, 45 minutes and 16 seconds"
or "3 in the morning, past 45 minutes and 16 seconds ?".
In this case we need to specify if we are referring to
a moment (a position of time) or a quantity of time (duration).
[ Taxi - Kaxi ]
[ Ta - Ka ]
a position in time / moment
[ Taxi - Klari ]
[ Ta - Kla ]
the quantification of time / duration
Examples
"3 o'clock" is a moment
"3 hours" is a duration
Predefined VS Standard
There are 2 types of time units :
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those that are only usable at a certain location and may vary from planet to planet : PREDEFINED
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those that are not easy to use but same accross the universe, used for scientific researches or travelling : STANDARD
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Based on the situation, we can choose wheter we want to time keeping with predefined context or go full-blast accurate.
if we go for STANDARD units, we can ignore this slot.
if we go for PREDEFINED units, we need to specify the location, and thus declaring the allowed set of units
To specify the current planet or predefinations, this slot will be
[ Sæva - Kosra ] > [ Svæk ]
To represent "information given"
[ Kaxi ]
to represent "location specification"
Location Name
the name of the location, or if the location has a predefined symbol, which also fits.
this is also helpful when specifying time when we are dealing with different time zones
OK, just normal stuff~ no space travel or anything wonky
in this case, the current location can be "KaxiKo",
so the current location slot can be "Ko", then the location segment will be "SvækKaKo".
Time Segments List
Just like in normal time telling,
a "clock" can be divided into different parts: year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds etc.
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Here we have a slightly different mechanism: Time Segment accumulation
Having a list of time segments, such that each time segment contains a specific value.
This also means that a Taxi word can have some of the time segments omitted or appended.
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In this case, the time segment will act differently based on if we has choosen to go with PREDEFINED context or went with STANDARD time telling
Time keeping based on a Predefined Context
These units are based on :
the periodic patterns on a planet, like a complete orbit, or a complete rotation.
anything periodic that can be observed.
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These units are defined by the citizens / scientist / representations of the people, like institutes or organizations.
year
[ Taxi - Klari - Ra ]
[ Ta - Kla - Ra ]
day
[ Taxi - Klari - Ræ ]
[ Ta - Kla - Ræ ]
minute
[ Taxi - Klari - Ri ]
[ Ta - Kla - Ri ]
Glyph Derivation
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The Minute symbol is derived from the Taxi symbol, since a minute is a short moment,it can be interpreted as "a short moment is worth a half hourglass" since the Taxi symbol is derived from an hourglass.
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The Year symbol is derived from "a planet's full orbit" where the dash is the planet.
The Day symbol is derived from "a planet's full single rotation" where the little dot is the planet.
An Earth year may not be equal to another planet's year, it is by default that when the planet is not specified, we are referring to the current planet that we are on.
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In most cases for now, we are on Earth, so by default, "TaKlaRa" means "an Earth year". This also means that different planets and societies may divide a year into multiple parts to represent months, i.e., the denominator may differ for everyone.​​​
In this case, the time segment will look like this :
Whole Quantity
a number is written in Prime Factor Script to describe how many whole unit.
Unit Specification
can be a year, a month, a day, an hour, a minute or a second etc, this changes based on the planets
Fragment Quantity
a number is written in Prime Factor Script to describe how many
predefined pieces of the unit.
Predefined Pieces ?
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Take what we are familiar with as example, on Earth, 1 year can be divided into 12 months,
this division is arbituarry but conventional. Therefore both "Earth year" and "Earth month" share the same unit,
it is just when specifing years, we will use the "Whole Quantity" Slot,
and when specifying months, we will use the "Fragment Quantity"
Examples
it is predefined that on Earth,
a month is a 12th of a year, an hour is a 24th of a day, a second is a 60th of a minute
[ Taxi - Kla - SvækKa erfd - Ra ni Ru næ - Ræ na Ru lo - Ri li Ru lo ]
"Time - Quantize - Location : Earth - 1 Year 2 - 3 day 4 - 5 minute 6"
"Duration - On Earth - 1 Year 2 Months - 3 Days 4 Hours - 5 minutes 6 seconds"
Warning
Some times, a planet's day is longer than a planet's year, it is not always that a planet's year is longer than a planet's day.
Time keeping based on a Standard System
Here we will use something universal as our standard reffernce :
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According to Wikipedia,
The frequency of the Electron Spin Flip for a Hydrogen Atom in its ground state is approximately
14 2040 5751.768 Hz
​this means that each oscillation takes approximately​​​
1 second / 14 2040 5751.768
= 7.0402 4183 7624 8142 ... × 10^-10 seconds
​​​a KoNa second is the duration for 2^32 oscillations, which is approximately
2^32 × 7.0402 4183 7624 8142 ... × 10^-10 seconds
= 3. 0237 6084 4852 9519 ... seconds
kona seconds
[Taxi-Klari-KosraNo-Na-No]
[ Ta-Kla-Ko-Na-No ]
kona minutes
[Taxi-Klari-KosraNo-Na-Ni]
[ Ta-Kla-Ko-Na-Ni ]
kona hours
[Taxi-Klari-KosraNo-Na-Næ]
[ Ta-Kla-Ko-Na-Næ ]
kona days
[Taxi-Klari-KosraNo-Na-Na]
[ Ta-Kla-Ko-Na-Na ]
Note
"KosraNo-Na" will be covered in the "KosraNo" chapter.
A KoNa minute is 64 KoNa seconds, a KoNa hour is 64 KoNa minutes, a KoNa day is 64 KoNa hours.
Here are the KoNa Time Unit and Normal Human Time Unit comparisons:
1 Kona second
= 3. 0237 6084 4852 9519 seconds
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1 Kona minute
= 64 Kona second
= 64 × 3. 0237 6084 4852 9519 seconds
= 193.5206940705889216 seconds
= 3 minutes 13.5206940705889216 seconds
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1 Kona hour
= 64 Kona minutes
= 64 × 3 minutes 13.5206940705889216 seconds
= 192 minutes 865.3244205176909824 seconds
= 192 minutes 14 minutes 25.3244205176909824 seconds
= 206 minutes 25.3244205176909824 seconds
= 3 hours 26 minutes 25.3244205176909824 seconds
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1 Kona day
= 64 Kona hours
= 64 × 3 hours 26 minutes 25.3244205176909824 seconds
= 192 hours 1664 minutes 1620.7629131322228736 seconds
= 220 hours 11 minutes 0.7629131322228736 seconds
= 9 days 4 hours 11 minutes 0.7629131322228736 seconds
The Inspiration of Kona Seconds
the Atomic Time Unit "TaxiKlaKrona"
is inspired by the time unit used in the
Golden Record on the Voyager
In this case, the time segment becomes something like :
Nominator
a number to describe how many pieces of the broken pieces of the unit.
Unit Specification
can be a year, a month, a day, an hour, a minute or a second etc
Denominator
a number to describe how many pieces the unit should be broken into.
Isn't this just Fraction ?
In some sense, yes, basically one way to understand the value of a time segment can be though of as :
"Time unit * Nominator / Denominator"
the way to pronounce it is :
Time Unit - Nominator - [ Ru ] - Denominator
Here, "Ru" acts as a divider, this will be referred in a future chapter ( KosraNo - Matter )
Preposition of Time
"Before", "Now", "Future"
these provides when things are happening (or happened)
in Astralica, sin these words has a "taste" or direction,
the marker is used on the Kaxi symbol
[ Taxi - KaxiKæ]
[ Ta - KaKæ]
Before / Past
[ Taxi - KaxiKo]
[ Ta - KaKo]
Now / Present
[ Taxi - KaxiKa]
[ Ta - KaKa]
After / Future