# toward (spatial)

in the direction that go to a location

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [direction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-direction.spatial), [location](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-location.spatial)

**Through:** direction.spatial and location.spatial together point where go would move to the location

**Novel properties:**
- goal direction
- specific direction

## Examples
- The Parker Solar Probe adjusted its trajectory toward Venus during the 2020 flyby to reach closer to the Sun. *(physics)*
- Salmon in the Fraser River swim persistently toward freshwater spawning grounds each autumn. *(biology)*
- The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover drove 246 meters toward the Séítah region in October 2021. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [approach](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-approach.spatial) (L15)
- [balance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-balance.state) (L15)
- [corruption](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-corruption.process) (L15)
- [decay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-decay.process) (L15)
- [dissonance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dissonance.conflict) (L15)
- [doomed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-doomed.inevitable) (L16)
- [factor of safety](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-factor-of-safety.margin) (L15)
- [front](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-front.spatial) (L15)
- [gay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gay.sexual) (L15)
- [golf](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-golf.sport) (L15)
- [stable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stable.condition) (L15)
- [thanks](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thanks.social) (L15)
- [unstable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-unstable.condition) (L15)
- [viable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-viable.functional) (L15)
- [welcome](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-welcome.greeting) (L15)
- [western](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-western.directional) (L16)

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