# lost (state)

when a thing that was here is now not here and its place is not here

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [loss](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loss.economic), [off](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-off.state), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** when a thing is loss and is off, its place is not here

**Novel properties:**
- absence in a location
- discontinuity in time
- unlocated presence

## Examples
- The 2011 Tohoku earthquake shifted Japan's coastline by up to 4.4 meters, erasing beaches visible in pre-2011 satellite images. *(geology)*
- Blockbuster Inc. closed its last three U.S. stores in 2014, leaving no physical rental locations after 20 years of nationwide presence. *(economics)*
- The Viking 1 lander stopped transmitting from Mars on November 13, 1982, after 2,296 sols of operation. *(spaceflight)*

## Used by
- [lost the plot](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lost-the-plot.drift) (L15)

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