# last (order)

the thing that comes after every other in a list

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [list](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-list.ordered), [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement), [come](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-come.arrive), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** the ordered list positions elements along a temporal dimension, and the arrival of the final element marks the end of that sequence

**Novel properties:**
- final position
- temporal endpoint
- sequential culmination

## Examples
- The final episode of the TV series 'The Sopranos' aired on June 10, 2007, closing its narrative sequence. *(media)*
- In the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Georgia certified its vote count after all other states, making it the last. *(politics)*
- The Voyager 2 probe, launched in 1977, was the last human-made object to visit Neptune, in 1989. *(spaceflight)*

## Used by
- [christmas](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-christmas.holiday) (L19)
- [december](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-december.date) (L14)
- [final](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-final.order) (L11)
- [sunday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sunday.day) (L11)

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