# live (biological)

to be a matter that persists through time and can change

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: life  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** matter persists as a continuous entity while undergoing changes across time

**Novel properties:**
- temporal persistence with identity
- dynamic continuity
- enduring individuality

## Examples
- A tardigrade survives in cryptobiosis for 30 years in Antarctic moss, resuming metabolism when rehydrated. *(biology)*
- The Voyager 1 probe continues transmitting data after 45 years, its systems degrading but functional. *(engineering)*
- The Sun has fused hydrogen into helium for 4.6 billion years, its plasma evolving through fusion and gravity. *(astrophysics)*

## Used by
- [baby](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-baby.human) (L9)
- [biological](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-biological.life) (L16)
- [bush](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bush.plant) (L16)
- [chicago](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-chicago.city) (L13)
- [death](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-death.biological) (L16)
- [dog](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dog.animal) (L17)
- [european](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-european.regional) (L13)
- [garden](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-garden.planting) (L8)
- [legacy code](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-legacy-code.unmeasured) (L15)
- [nation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nation.political) (L11)
- [town](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-town.settlement) (L8)

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