What is another meaning of following?

Answer 1

of Follow, One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively., Vocation; business; profession., Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day., (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.