# Wall-Clock-Correlated Causal Order

> The ability to order events causally while keeping timestamps close to wall-clock time.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Physical-Clock-Only Ordering](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/physical-clock-only-ordering.md) and before [Commutative Merge](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/commutative-merge.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled by

- [Hybrid Logical Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/hybrid-logical-clocks.md)

## Linked from

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