Lokaci nuni ne ga wata gaɓa da ake ciki, ta dare ko rana. Kuma mizani ne na faruwar da babu ƙaƙƙautawa sai dai cigaba na kasancewar al'amurra cikin yanayi masu aukuwar da ba dawowa baya sai dai cigaba daga yanzu zuwa gaba. Lokaci adadi ne da ake awon aukuwar dukkan al'amurra don tantance gaɓar aukuwar lamarin ko, jera lokuta. Ana amfani da lokaci domin daidaita lokacin da ababen da suka faru ko nisan lokaci da ke tsakaninsu, da kuma yawan nisan lokacin da suke canjawa a zahiri. "Oxford Dictionaries:Time". Oxford University Press. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2017. The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) "Time". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fourth ed.). 2011. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.