Academic disciplines are classified in many ways. Codification is one way in which the disciplineâs body of knowledge is unified into theories. Another way is paradigm development in which there is agreement on the defining, ordering, and investigation of knowledge. Physics is an example of this classification.
Confidence votes 70. A moment can be anywhere from a few seconds, up to a minute. Generally, a moment is defined as a point in time lasting from 1-3 seconds. In Old English, a moment was an exact measurement of time being 1.5 seconds or 1/40th of one minute.
Elastic Time. â 1 For in a minute there are many daysâ: Elastic Time in Romeo and Juliet. 2  How long is Romeo and Juliet? If we can trust the prologue we are told that the play occupies âthe two hoursâ traffic of our stageâ. 3  And Shakespeare is keen to remind his audience that time is slipping by.