# future (temporal)

the part of time that is after now

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: time  ·  Arena: future

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [possible](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-possible.potential), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation)

**Through:** time and possibility together allow what may occur, while part.relation distinguishes a segment of time distinct from the present and past

**Novel properties:**
- temporal posteriority
- openness to occurrence
- partiality within time

## Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe continues transmitting data 46 years after launch, now in interstellar space. *(space exploration)*
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves seeds from over 1 million crop varieties in Arctic permafrost. *(agriculture)*
- Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster reshaped global nuclear energy policies for decades after. *(energy policy)*

## Used by
- [later](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-later.temporal) (L5)
- [loan](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loan.financial) (L17)
- [seize the day](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-seize-the-day.window) (L18)
- [status](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-status.social) (L15)

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