# next (temporal)

the thing that follows now in time

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

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

**Through:** When follow is within time, it makes an after thing after now.

**Novel properties:**
- future adjacency
- temporal sequencing

## Examples
- The International Space Station orbited Earth every 90 minutes, launching debris in the path of future missions after the 2009 collision with Iridium 33. *(engineering)*
- Apple released iOS 15 the day after iOS 14's final security patch, ending support for iPhone 6 models. *(computing)*
- The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75% in June 2022, following the consumer price index report showing 8.6% inflation. *(economics)*

## Used by
- [december](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-december.date) (L14)
- [edition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edition.publication) (L11)
- [lag](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lag.temporal) (L15)
- [october](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-october.month) (L14)
- [september](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-september.calendar) (L14)
- [sunday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sunday.day) (L11)

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