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The 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).

time.dimension · forms: after, before, during, now, then, time, times, until, while

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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 246 more not shownchangeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.currentL1current.present — Of the time that is now.furtherL1further.degree — more space than beforematterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.neverL1never.temporal — not at any timepersistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.previousL1previous.temporal — a thing that is before now in timeregularL1regular.frequency — a thing that is the same pattern again over timetimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

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author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0