# september (calendar)

a month that follows a previous month and precedes a next month

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: calendar  ·  Arena: september.month

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [month](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-month.temporal), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [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 ordering of months along time defines a specific period

**Novel properties:**
- sequential position in year
- temporal adjacency
- fixed calendric duration

## Examples
- In 2023, Hurricane Lee formed in the Atlantic during September, following August and preceding October. *(meteorology)*
- The academic year at University of Oxford begins in October, with Michaelmas term following September. *(education)*
- Apple announced the iPhone 15 on September 12, 2023, in a launch event following June's WWDC. *(technology)*

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