The Emergence Machine

foundation · structural

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a window whose walls set the walls of every window above it

foundation.structural · forms: foundation, foundations

Examples

Emergence

from: parameter window wall above sets
through: The walls of a foundation window constrain the potential positions of walls in all higher windows.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesaboveL5 above.spatial: higher in space than another thingriseL3 rise.movement: When a thing moves up in space during time.foundationL11 foundation.structural: a window whose walls set the walls of every window above itstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placehighL4 high.spatial: When a thing is more up in space than most other things.wallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.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.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.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.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.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.

built fromfoundationL11foundation.structural — a window whose walls set the walls of every window above itparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.wallL10wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.aboveL5above.spatial — higher in space than another thingsetsL3sets.grouped — A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about themE0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-abase.foundationfoundation is a type of base
abstractspart.relationit abstracts the idea of a part

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md