如果说几何学是空间的科学,那时间的科学是什么?

If geometry is the science of space, what is the science of time?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果说 guǒshuō
  1. if
  2. if one were to say
2 几何学 xué geometry
=3 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=3 shì variant of shì
4 空间 kōngjiān
  1. space; room
  2. (fig.) scope; leeway
  3. (astronomy) outer space
  4. (physics, math.) space
=5 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=5 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=5 really and truly
=5 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
6 科学 xué
  1. science
  2. scientific knowledge
  3. scientific
  4. rational

classifiers: , ,

7 那时 shí
  1. then
  2. at that time
  3. in those days
=8 jiān
  1. between
  2. among
  3. within a definite time or space
  4. room
  5. section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
  6. classifier for rooms
=8 jiàn
  1. gap
  2. to separate
  3. to thin out (seedlings)
  4. to sow discontent
=9 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=9 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=9 really and truly
=9 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
10 科学 xué
  1. science
  2. scientific knowledge
  3. scientific
  4. rational

classifiers: , ,

=11 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=11 shì variant of shì
12 什么 shénme
  1. what?
  2. something; anything