# minutes (temporal)

a part of time that is a regular portion longer than a second

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: temporal  ·  Arena: minutes.temporal

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [second](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-second.temporal), [portion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-portion.share), [long](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-long.size), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency)

**Through:** time has parts that recur in a fixed pattern, each lasting longer than a second

**Novel properties:**
- repeating duration longer than a second
- measured subdivision of time
- consistent temporal interval

## Examples
- The International Space Station orbits Earth every 92 minutes, maintaining its trajectory through periodic reboosts. *(engineering)*
- In 1967, the atomic clock at the US Naval Observatory began defining the second, enabling precise measurement of minutes in global timekeeping. *(physics)*
- The 911 emergency system dispatches fire crews within an average of 6 minutes in New York City. *(institutions)*

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