# according (agreement)

as stated by the source

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: lexicon  ·  Arena: according

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [source](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-source.origin), [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition)

**Through:** When a recognized difference aligns with a regular pattern, it creates a cue that points to a source of information.

**Novel properties:**
- attribution to origin
- conditional alignment
- persistent pattern reference

## Examples
- According to the 2020 U.S. Census, Texas had a population of 29,145,505 residents. *(institutions)*
- According to Newton’s second law, force equals mass times acceleration in classical mechanics. *(physics)*
- According to Python 3.10 documentation, the 'match' statement was introduced in that version. *(computing)*

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