The Emergence Machine

body · physical

Ask Prometheus
L15 review noun open compare →

a piece of matter that has a form and exists in space

Body (noun) means: a piece of matter that has a form and exists in space. It emerges from matter, form, space, piece: the substance is bounded into a distinct portion, given shape, and located in space through their interaction. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

body.physical · forms: bodies, body

Examples

Emergence

from: matter form space piece
through: the substance is bounded into a distinct portion, given shape, and located in space through their interaction.

Chain to foundations

extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hastimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.bodyL15 body.physical: a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.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.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is indifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.formL14 form.shape: The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a place
full chain as text (78 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used by — 4 more not shownbuilt fromclothingL16clothing.apparel — A set of stuff with a structure that covers a body.drugL16drug.chemical — a substance that when taken causes a change in a body's conditionfaceL16face.body — the front part of a body that is a surfacefeelL16feel.sensory — to notice a state in a bodyfurL16fur.material — a soft part that covers a bodyheadL16head.body-part — the top part of a body that controls the bodyheartL16heart.organ — an organ that pumps fluid through the body by means of rhythmic contractionsrunL16run.movement — to go moving with a physical bodybodyL15body.physical — a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacematterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.formL14form.shape — The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.pieceL3piece.portion — a part of a thing that has its own boundary

Used by (12)

clothingL16drugL16faceL16feelL16furL16headL16heartL16runL16sleepL16stepL16handL17footL19

Relations

is-aphysical.materiala body is a physical material

Provenance

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