Time represents a position in space.
A series of rotations of a particle represents time as a given length when these rotations, as a circumferance, are unfurled into a given length.
For a particle to have x number of rotations within a series of movements, for example a particle rotating x times given the length of time a particle y moves from point A to B, necessitates that that for every fraction of the rotation the movement of particle y is a fraction of its distance from point A to B.
Each fraction of a rotation is a position of particle y's progression from A to B. Time, as a series of lengths as unfurled circumferance as rotatations, is thus the position of a particle within space where time itself is the position of one particle relative to another.
For every partial rotation of particle x comes a fraction of particle y's movement from point A to B, thus necessitating movement as a series of ratios. X's relative length translates to a fraction of a distance of particle y's movement, thus necessitating a series of lengths corresponding to a series of lengths. Time is a ratio of one length to another where each length is a relative position of movement. Each movement, from a higher vantage point, corresponds to a given linear length when viewed from a higher time zone.
Each rotation of particle X is a position of particle Y, thus what we understand of time is the given position of one particle to another.