# follows (sequential)

to move after something in time with the same order as it happens

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: verb  ·  Arena: follows

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement), [happen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-happen.event-occurrence)

**Through:** When motion occurs in time, ordered relative to events, the relation of following emerges.

**Novel properties:**
- temporal succession
- ordered co-occurrence
- directional sequence

## Examples
- The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, tracing the same path in sequence with each revolution. *(physics)*
- The 2020 U.S. presidential election results were certified state by state in order of vote completion. *(institutions)*
- In mitosis, anaphase follows metaphase as chromosomes separate after aligning at the cell's equator. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [along](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-along.spatial) (L13)
- [art](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-art.creative) (L10)
- [code](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-code.information) (L10)
- [december](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-december.date) (L14)
- [dimension](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dimension.spatial) (L10)
- [friday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-friday.temporal) (L15)
- [game](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-game.playful) (L11)
- [health](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-health.condition) (L19)
- [monday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-monday.temporal) (L10)
- [next](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-next.temporal) (L10)
- [november](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-november.date) (L15)
- [october](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-october.month) (L14)
- [outcome](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outcome.result) (L10)
- [professional](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-professional.occupation) (L15)
- [ripple effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ripple-effect.stacked) (L12)
- [september](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-september.calendar) (L14)
- [series](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-series.ordered) (L10)
- [society](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-society.social) (L10)
- [third](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-third.ordinal) (L13)
- [wednesday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wednesday.temporal) (L16)

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