{
  "id": "schedule.time",
  "term": "schedule",
  "sense": "time",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 14,
  "arena": "general",
  "domain": "everyday",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a plan that orders events by time",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "plan.strategic",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "the plan arranges events into an ordered sequence across time",
    "novel_properties": [
      "future.time allocation",
      "explicit temporal ordering"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Apollo 13 mission timeline included a planned course correction 56 hours after launch, which was skipped due to the oxygen tank explosion.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "The New York City subway system operates on a published schedule that specifies train departures at each station to the minute.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The human circadian rhythm aligns cortisol release with a daily schedule, peaking around 8 a.m. to prepare the body for waking.",
      "domain": "biology"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "order.arrangement",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "schedule is a kind of order arrangement"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "pressure.ontological",
    "regulation.control"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "schedule",
    "scheduled",
    "schedules",
    "scheduling"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-schedule.time"
}