# death (biological)

when a living thing is not here any more, its life ends

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [live](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-live.biological), [loss](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loss.economic), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [life](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-life.biological)

**Through:** the persistence of life ceases through change, resulting in the absence of what was once present

**Novel properties:**
- irreversible cessation of life
- emergence of absence
- end of biological continuity

## Examples
- The last known Tasmanian tiger died in captivity at Beaumaris Zoo on September 7, 1936. *(biology)*
- The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers halted all dividend payouts to shareholders permanently. *(economics)*
- Voyager 1's signal faded beyond detection in 2025 as its RTG power output dropped below operational threshold. *(engineering)*

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