# return (movement)

to go back to a previous place

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [go](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-go.movement), [back](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-back.spatial), [previous](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-previous.temporal), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** the movement returns along space to a prior location by combining direction, prior time, and spatial extent

**Novel properties:**
- recurrent trajectory
- temporal-spatial return
- reversal within extent

## Examples
- The Halley's Comet orbit returns to the inner solar system every 76 years. *(astronomy)*
- After 2017, the California Department of Forestry reversed its policy and returned to using inmate firefighters. *(institutions)*
- The Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, returned data from beyond 150 AU until its instruments were powered down. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [cycle](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cycle.loop) (L15)
- [exchange](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exchange.trade) (L15)
- [loan](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loan.financial) (L17)
- [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic) (L16)
- [recovery](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recovery.interval) (L15)
- [rental](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rental.economic) (L16)
- [repair](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-repair.restore) (L15)
- [resilience](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-resilience.recovery-rate) (L15)
- [rest](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rest.recovery) (L15)
- [stable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stable.condition) (L15)

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