what is the 4th dimension and on what basis is it the 4th dimension?

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Time is often called the fourth dimension.
Special relativity shows that time behaves surprisingly like the three spatial dimensions. The Lorenz equations show this. Length contracts as speed increases. Time expands as speed increases.

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