# time (dimension)

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

- Computed level: L0 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: foundation  ·  Arena: E0

## 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)*

## Used by
- [account](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-account.financial) (L10)
- [age](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-age.temporal) (L3)
- [ago](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ago.temporal) (L3)
- [already](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-already.temporal) (L4)
- [always](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-always.temporal) (L2)
- [audio](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-audio.auditory) (L2)
- [available](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-available.accessible) (L7)
- [average](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-average.statistical) (L9)
- [become](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-become.change) (L5)
- [bed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bed.furniture) (L17)
- [brought](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brought.past-tense) (L6)
- [burnout](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-burnout.capacity) (L19)
- [capacity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capacity.size) (L11)
- [career](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-career.occupation) (L21)
- [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting) (L5)
- [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process) (L1)
- [charged](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-charged.electrical) (L5)
- [climate](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-climate.weather) (L16)
- [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive) (L3)
- [condition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-condition.state) (L3)
- [contact](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contact.physical) (L4)
- [continue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-continue.action) (L6)
- [contradiction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contradiction.logical) (L11)
- [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability) (L4)
- [course](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-course.path) (L10)
- [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production) (L5)
- [culture](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-culture.social) (L22)
- [days](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-days.temporal) (L4)
- [december](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-december.date) (L14)
- [decision](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-decision.cognitive) (L10)
- [delay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delay.timing) (L15)
- [depth](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-depth.level) (L18)
- [development](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-development.growth) (L5)
- [due](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-due.expected) (L9)
- [early](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-early.temporal) (L3)
- [edition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edition.publication) (L11)
- [english](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-english.language) (L11)
- [entertainment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entertainment.leisure) (L15)
- [establishes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-establishes.verb) (L5)
- [event](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-event.occurrence) (L3)

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