{
  "id": "always.temporal",
  "term": "always",
  "sense": "temporal",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 2,
  "arena": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "domain": "temporal",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "at every time",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "time.dimension",
      "regular.frequency"
    ],
    "interaction": "Every moment in time repeats without exception.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "universal temporal coverage",
      "invariant truth across time"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Sun has fused hydrogen into helium in its core every second for 4.6 billion years, maintaining its luminosity.",
      "domain": "astrophysics"
    },
    {
      "text": "The International Space Station requires reboosts every few weeks to counteract atmospheric drag and maintain orbit.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Federal Reserve has adjusted interest rates at nearly every FOMC meeting since 1947 to stabilize inflation.",
      "domain": "economics"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "regular.frequency",
      "note": "is-a",
      "type": "is-a"
    },
    {
      "id": "never.temporal",
      "note": "contrasts-with",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "autonomy.self-governed",
    "ever.temporal"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "always"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-always.temporal"
}