# pre (temporal)

it is before something in time

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: pre  ·  Arena: pre

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

**Through:** previous.temporal and time.dimension together are before something

**Novel properties:**
- prefix role
- earlier meaning

## Examples
- The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 preceded the first human spaceflight by four years. *(history)*
- In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, mail-in ballots were counted after Election Day but before the final certification. *(institutions)*
- The Cretaceous period ended 66 million years ago, before the rise of mammalian dominance. *(geology)*

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