The Emergence Machine

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A pattern of parts where some are above others in space and time, and each level controls the one below.

Hierarchy (noun) means: A pattern of parts where some are above others in space and time, and each level controls the one below. It emerges from space, time, pattern, control: Parts are arranged in space and persist over time such that higher levels influence lower levels through regular patterns of control. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

hierarchy.social · forms: hierarchies, hierarchy

Emergence

from: space time pattern control
through: Parts are arranged in space and persist over time such that higher levels influence lower levels through regular patterns of control.

Chain to foundations

closeL5 close.spatial: having little space between two thingsbigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.actionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundarieschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.backL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundarymotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingscontrolL15 control.ability: Setting the walls of a thing again and again from a reading of where it is, so that it stays where it is wanted.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacesendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placewantL6 want.desire: a need for something that is offtimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.sourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginsoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingcurrentL1 current.present: Of the time that is now.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryfeedbackL14 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurredhierarchyL16 hierarchy.social: A pattern of parts where some are above others in space and time, and each level controls the one below.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeenterL3 enter.spatial: to move into a placereachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingshappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.relevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityreachL13 reach.action: Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.setL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacestateL2 state.condition: a pattern 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.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.crossL4 cross.pass: To go through a boundary from one place to another.needL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objecttouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.possibilityL12 possibility.potential: A window that can be reached from the current window without crossing a wall that is closed.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentbroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromhierarchyL16hierarchy.social — A pattern of parts where some are above others in space and time, and each level controls the one below.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.controlL15control.ability — Setting the walls of a thing again and again from a reading of where it is, so that it stays where it is wanted.

Relations

is-astructure.arrangementa kind of structured arrangement with ranked levels

Provenance

author: openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6