# Partial Ordering

> The ability to establish a consistent partial order over events without a shared physical clock.

Record: `lexicon:partial-ordering`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-partial-ordering

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [No Concurrent Causality Distinction](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/no-concurrent-causality-distinction.md) and before [Wall-Clock Ordering Assumption](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/wall-clock-ordering-assumption.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## Enabled by

- [Lamport Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/lamport-clocks.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)