time · dimension

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The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

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

• timeL0

Neighborhood

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

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