The Emergence Machine

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a part of a thing that is ordered to support other parts

base.foundation · forms: base, based, bases, basing

Examples

Emergence

from: part structure order others support
through: the part is arranged in a narrow pattern of order and positioned to bear others, maintaining their place through contact

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.baseL9 base.foundation: a part of a thing that is ordered to support other partssizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is insupportL6 support.assistance: to help something stay in place by being a part that touches itmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.helpL5 help.assistance: to make another thing change when it can not change by itselfpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built frombaseL9base.foundation — a part of a thing that is ordered to support other partspartL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.structureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.orderL8order.arrangement — a parameter whose window is narrowothersL2others.distinct-entities — Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.supportL6support.assistance — to help something stay in place by being a part that touches itE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-apart.relationa base is a part
enablessupport.assistancea base enables support of other parts

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6