# entities (object)

things that are each distinct from other things

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [distinct](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-distinct.attribute)

**Through:** their boundaries keep each thing separate from the others while distinguishing attributes differentiate them as unique instances.

**Novel properties:**
- individual identity
- separateness
- attribute-based differentiation

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains separate pressurized modules to isolate functional systems and crew areas. *(engineering)*
- Electrons orbiting a helium nucleus are distinct from those in a neighboring hydrogen atom due to charge and spatial boundaries. *(physics)*
- The 2020 U.S. Census counted 331 million individuals, each assigned a unique household identifier. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [corporation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-corporation.business) (L11)
- [everything](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-everything.universal) (L5)
- [golf](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-golf.sport) (L15)
- [individual](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-individual.entity) (L5)
- [look](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-look.visual) (L15)
- [message](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-message.information) (L7)
- [network](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-network.system) (L9)
- [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social) (L6)
- [personal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-personal.self) (L7)
- [read](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-read.information) (L7)
- [relation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-relation.association) (L8)
- [says](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-says.speech) (L8)
- [stranger](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stranger.unmodeled) (L15)
- [subject](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-subject.entity) (L5)

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