# change (process)

When a thing is not the same after as it was before.

- Computed level: L1 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: physics  ·  Arena: E1

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

**Through:** A pattern compared with itself across time fails to match.

**Novel properties:**
- before/after distinction
- process
- event

## Examples
- The rusting of the Iron Pillar of Delhi has been negligible since 400 CE despite monsoon exposure. *(materials)*
- The Amazon River shifted its course by 100 kilometers over 10,000 years due to sediment buildup. *(geography)*
- The Linux kernel evolved from version 0.01 in 1991 to 6.0 in 2022, altering 25 million lines of code. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [account](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-account.financial) (L10)
- [act](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-act.deed) (L3)
- [action](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-action.deed) (L4)
- [age](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-age.temporal) (L3)
- [ambush](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ambush.attack) (L11)
- [become](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-become.change) (L5)
- [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit) (L2)
- [brink](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brink.edge) (L12)
- [buffer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-buffer.region) (L13)
- [cancer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cancer.disease) (L17)
- [cause](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cause.reason) (L3)
- [charged](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-charged.electrical) (L5)
- [click](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-click.mechanical) (L4)
- [comfortable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comfortable.central) (L14)
- [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability) (L4)
- [deal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-deal.transaction) (L14)
- [death](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-death.biological) (L16)
- [delay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delay.timing) (L15)
- [development](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-development.growth) (L5)
- [device](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-device.tool) (L5)
- [doing](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-doing.activity) (L5)
- [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless) (L11)
- [drug](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drug.chemical) (L13)
- [edit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-edit.process) (L7)
- [editor](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-editor.role) (L17)
- [effort](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-effort.general) (L7)
- [electronics](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-electronics.electrical) (L7)
- [engine](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-engine.tool) (L6)
- [environment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-environment.surroundings) (L4)
- [essence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-essence.core) (L17)
- [event](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-event.occurrence) (L3)
- [factor of safety](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-factor-of-safety.margin) (L15)
- [fast](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fast.speed) (L9)
- [feedback](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-feedback.communication) (L14)
- [fire](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fire.combustion) (L21)
- [flash](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flash.light) (L9)
- [force](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-force.push) (L12)
- [go](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-go.movement) (L3)
- [golf](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-golf.sport) (L15)
- [gone too far](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gone-too-far.threshold) (L14)

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