# friend (social)

a person who interacts with another person, shares support and care, and likes being together.

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [support](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-support.assistance), [care](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-care.emotional), [interacting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interacting.social), [like](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-like.similarity), [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution)

**Through:** People engage in mutual interaction, share resources and emotional care, and recognize similarity, reinforcing social bonds.

**Novel properties:**
- mutual affection
- reciprocal presence
- emotional attunement

## Examples
- In 2023, Maria and Jin texted daily, met weekly for coffee, and lent each other money without tracking repayment. *(everyday life)*
- The 1971 Apollo 15 crew maintained real-time voice friendship despite 384,000 km separation during lunar orbit. *(spaceflight)*
- The Linux kernel developers’ mutual code reviews and personal encouragement sustained collaboration across 20 years. *(computing)*

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