# previous (temporal)

a thing that is before now in time

- Computed level: L1 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: word

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

**Through:** the ordering of moments in the time dimension places a thing earlier than the present

**Novel properties:**
- earlier ordering
- reference to present

## Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe transmitted data from interstellar space 45 years after its 1977 launch. *(space exploration)*
- The U.S. Constitution remained in force through the Civil War, amendments, and 235 years of societal change. *(institutions)*
- The 4.2-billion-year-old zircon crystal from Jack Hills, Australia, predates most Earth rocks. *(geology)*

## Used by
- [already](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-already.temporal) (L4)
- [cycle](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cycle.loop) (L15)
- [days](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-days.temporal) (L4)
- [december](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-december.date) (L14)
- [early](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-early.temporal) (L3)
- [edition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edition.publication) (L11)
- [else](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-else.other) (L10)
- [example](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-example.temporal) (L2)
- [history](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-history.record) (L7)
- [issue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-issue.problem) (L3)
- [late](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-late.temporal) (L3)
- [memory](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-memory.cognitive) (L20)
- [monday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-monday.temporal) (L10)
- [october](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-october.month) (L14)
- [once](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-once.temporal) (L5)
- [past](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-past.temporal) (L2)
- [pre](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pre.temporal) (L2)
- [problem](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-problem.obstacle) (L5)
- [records](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-records.document) (L11)
- [return](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-return.movement) (L14)
- [review](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-review.assessment) (L7)
- [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)
- [since](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-since.temporal) (L2)
- [teen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-teen.age) (L9)
- [updated](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-updated.temporal) (L6)

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