# soon (temporal)

in a short time after now

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

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

**Through:** a later time is a short period

**Novel properties:**
- temporal proximity
- imminence

## Examples
- The Large Hadron Collider resumed operations in April 2022 after a three-year shutdown for upgrades and maintenance. *(physics)*
- After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Japan's early warning system issued alerts within seconds of the initial tremors. *(engineering)*
- Apple announced iOS 15 would be released in the fall of 2021, following its June WWDC announcement. *(computing)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-soon.temporal*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-soon.temporal.json*  
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