The Emergence Machine

connects · verb

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When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.

connects.verb · forms: connect, connected, connecting, connects

Examples

Emergence

from: flow interaction persist structure brought happen
through: The brought-together parts form a shared arrangement that allows flow through interaction, sustained over time.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.carryingL5 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.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 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.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.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.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.timeL0 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.

used bybuilt fromlinksL8links.connection — a thing that connects two thingsonlineL8online.digital — being connected to a structure that transports informationrelationL8relation.association — when two or more entities connect each othernetworkL9network.system — A system that connects distinct entities so they can interact with each other.socketL9socket.electrical — A device with holes that connects a plug to electricity so that a machine can have energy.associationL10association.relation — A relation that connects things because they have the same pattern.referenceL13reference.citation — a link that connects to a place where information can be foundwatchL18watch.tool — device with display of time and connects to handconnectsL7connects.verb — When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.flowL3flow.movement — Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2interaction.process — When two things change each other.persistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.structureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.broughtL6brought.past-tense — To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.happenL2happen.event-occurrence — A change that is at some place during time.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (8)

linksL8onlineL8relationL8networkL9socketL9associationL10referenceL13watchL18

Relations

abstractsinteraction.processThe concept 'connects' abstracts interaction.process by requiring structured, persistent, and directional flow.
medium-forholes.empty-regionsHoles in devices like sockets serve as physical media enabling connections for energy flow.

Provenance

author: openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6