# join (connection)

to make two things contact so that they are as one

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: join

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [contact](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contact.physical), [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb)

**Through:** the contact and interaction together create a shared connection

**Novel properties:**
- shared connection
- persistent unity
- structured relation

## Examples
- The International Space Station modules were linked in orbit starting in 1998 to form a single habitable structure. *(engineering)*
- In 2007, the countries of Rwanda and Burundi connected their national power grids to the East African Power Pool. *(institutions)*
- Two hydrogen atoms fuse into one helium atom in the Sun’s core, releasing energy through nuclear fusion. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [conjunction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-conjunction.grammar) (L12)
- [thread](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thread.material) (L18)
- [union](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-union.group) (L6)
- [wed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wed.social) (L9)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-join.connection*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-join.connection.json*  
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