# delay (timing)

information arriving after the change it describes has ended, because the parameter's window is narrower than the source's drift.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: temporal  ·  Arena: communication

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [feedback](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-feedback.communication), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [narrow](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrow.spatial), [source](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-source.origin), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [noun](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-noun.language)

**Through:** The interaction between a narrow parameter window and an aimlessly drifting source causes information to arrive outside the temporal range of the change it reports, resulting in untimely feedback.

**Novel properties:**
- untimely feedback
- temporal misalignment
- post-hoc information

## Examples
- The 2008 financial crisis unfolded while central banks relied on monthly inflation reports lagging behind real-time market collapses. *(economics)*
- The Hubble Space Telescope's primary mirror flaw went undetected for years due to delayed calibration data from ground-based tests. *(engineering)*
- Weather forecasts for Hurricane Katrina's landfall were issued hours after the storm's actual path had shifted beyond prediction windows. *(meteorology)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delay.timing*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delay.timing.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*