# october (month)

the month that follows the previous month and precedes the next month each year

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [month](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-month.temporal), [year](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-year.time), [follows](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-follows.sequential), [next](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-next.temporal), [precedes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-precedes.temporal), [previous](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-previous.temporal)

**Through:** the year repeats the months and puts this month after one month and before another

**Novel properties:**
- position in annual cycle
- fixed predecessor and successor
- sequential temporal relation

## Examples
- In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded over 13 days beginning in October, altering Cold War geopolitics. *(institutions)*
- Apple launched the iPhone 5 in October 2012, selling over five million units in the first weekend. *(technology)*
- Monarch butterflies depart southern Canada in October, beginning a 4,000-kilometer migration to central Mexico. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [november](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-november.date) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-october.month*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-october.month.json*  
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