future · temporal
Ask Prometheusthe part of time that is after now
Future (noun) means: the part of time that is after now. It emerges from time, possible, part: time and possibility together allow what may occur, while part.relation distinguishes a segment of time distinct from the present and past. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe continues transmitting data 46 years after launch, now in interstellar space. space exploration
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves seeds from over 1 million crop varieties in Arctic permafrost. agriculture
- Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster reshaped global nuclear energy policies for decades after. energy policy
Emergence
through: time and possibility together allow what may occur, while part.relation distinguishes a segment of time distinct from the present and past
- temporal posteriority
- openness to occurrence
- partiality within time
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (14 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (4)
Relations
| contrasts-with | previous.temporal | contrasts‑with |