# based (foundation)

having its pattern taken from another thing

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: daily  ·  Arena: based

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [take](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-take.acquisition)

**Through:** The pattern is taken from another thing, so the thing has that pattern.

**Novel properties:**
- reference
- dependence

## Examples
- The 2020 US Census used the 2010 residential patterns to allocate sampling frames for urban neighborhoods. *(institutions)*
- The spiral arms of the Whirlpool Galaxy follow density wave patterns established by gravitational interactions with NGC 5195. *(astronomy)*
- Python's Django framework routes web requests based on patterns defined in its predecessor, Ruby on Rails. *(computing)*

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