# carrying (transporting)

To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: motion  ·  Arena: physical

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [contact](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contact.physical), [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** Motion moves matter through space while persist.continue ensures the matter stays connected to the mover across time, with contact.physical and control.ability maintaining the relational bounds of the transport.

**Novel properties:**
- bounded persistence of matter during motion
- controlled spatial displacement
- continuous physical connection during transfer

## Examples
- The Curiosity rover carried a 2.5 kg laser spectrometer across 27 km of Martian terrain from 2012 to 2023. *(space exploration)*
- A white blood cell carried a phagocytosed tuberculosis bacterium through the bloodstream to a lymph node. *(biology)*
- The Panama Canal's lock system carried the MV Ever Ace 26 meters upward and across the continental divide in 2022. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [abstraction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-abstraction.process) (L16)
- [auto](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-auto.vehicle) (L17)
- [brought](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brought.past-tense) (L6)
- [cable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cable.electrical) (L14)
- [car](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-car.transport) (L16)
- [cart](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cart.transport) (L16)
- [email](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-email.digital) (L9)
- [mail](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-mail.postal) (L8)
- [online](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-online.digital) (L8)
- [overshoot](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-overshoot.dynamics) (L16)
- [shipping](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-shipping.transport) (L6)
- [travel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-travel.movement) (L6)
- [wheel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wheel.tool) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting.json*  
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