# early (temporal)

before the usual time

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: early

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [previous](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-previous.temporal), [usual](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-usual.common), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** previous time together with usual time creates a thing that is before the usual time

**Novel properties:**
- relative precedence
- deviation from regularity
- temporal exception

## Examples
- The 2003 Northeast Blackout began when a software bug in FirstEnergy's control system failed to flag overloaded power lines. *(computing)*
- The eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, occurred weeks before geologists expected a major event. *(geology)*
- In 1997, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a chess match earlier than AI experts predicted. *(technology)*

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