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When two things change each other.

Interaction (noun) means: When two things change each other. It emerges from change, energy: Energy passes between two things so that each changes the other. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

interaction.process · forms: interact, interaction, interactions, interacts

Examples

Emergence

from: change energy
through: Energy passes between two things so that each changes the other.

Chain to foundations

timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 54 more not shownbuilt fromactL3act.deed — do somethingcauseL3cause.reason — thing that brings about a change through interaction with another thingcollectiveL3collective.group — A pattern of others that are together in a place and change each other over time.touchL3touch.together — When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.makeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.webL4web.structure — a structure of many pieces that touch each otherhelpL5help.assistance — to make another thing change when it can not change by itselfin syncL5in-sync.harmony — A state where the interaction of parts produces a regular pattern that persists through time, even though no single partinteractionL2interaction.process — When two things change each other.changeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0energy.capacity — That by which things can be not as they were.

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actL3causeL3collectiveL3touchL3makeL4webL4helpL5in syncL5joinL5responseL5systemL5couplingL6peopleL6seeL6communityL7connectsL7forumL7learnL7meetingL7partyL7researchL7businessL8colorL8priceL8relationL8requestL8socialL8connectionL9friendL9networkL9talkL9establishesL10greater than the sumL10respectL10on the same wavelengthL11ripple effectL11blueL12forceL12playL12pleaseL12beautyL13brownL13warL13on the groundL14resistL14burned bridgesL15complexityL15flywheel effectL15going viralL15herd mentalityL15invisible handL15self fulfilling prophecyL15stopL15arms raceL16where the rubber meets the roadL16word of mouthL16breaking the iceL17chain reactionL17discussionL17societyL17emergenceL18yellowL22

Relations

is-achange.processinteraction is change that runs both ways

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0