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a whole whose boundary contains interaction among parts that changes the state of the whole in a way not possible in any part alone

greater-than-the-sum.excess · forms: greater than the sum

ordinarily means: the whole is more than just its parts added together

Examples

Emergence

from: boundary interaction state whole part
through: interaction.process

Chain to foundations

interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.wholeL3 whole.complete: All the parts of somethingspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.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.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.greater than the sumL10 greater-than-the-sum.excess: a whole whose boundary contains interaction among parts that changes the state of the whole in a way not possible in any part alonestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placetimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromon the same wavelengthL11on-the-same-wavelength.resonance — When two things change each other in a way that makes their interaction exceed what each could do alone, because their pword of mouthL11word-of-mouth.excess — A pattern that grows because its spread is the same as its reception, so the whole becomes more than the sum of its partgoing viralL15going-viral.excess — when a whole moves beyond the sum of its parts because interaction among parts creates more copies than maintenance can team spiritL15team-spirit.excess — a state where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, sustained by a self-model that treats the group as a singlgreater than the sumL10greater-than-the-sum.excess — a whole whose boundary contains interaction among parts that changes the state of the whole in a way not possible in anyboundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.interactionL2interaction.process — When two things change each other.stateL2state.condition — a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewholeL3whole.complete — All the parts of somethingpartL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (4)

on the same wavelengthL11word of mouthL11going viralL15team spiritL15

Provenance

author: phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.7 · source: folk phrase — the whole exceeding its parts