time · dimension
Ask PrometheusThe before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
Time (noun) means: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 0, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The decay of carbon-14 atoms in a bone fragment shows measurable change after 5,730 years. physics
- The Amazon rainforest regrew over decades after slash-and-burn farming ceased in abandoned plots. ecology
- The 2008 financial crisis erased trillions in market value within months as stock prices collapsed. economics
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (1 steps)
- timeL0
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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