# march (movement)

to go in a regular pattern together with others

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: movement  ·  Arena: march

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [go](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-go.movement), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity)

**Through:** going repeatedly in a regular pattern together with others creates coordinated movement through a place

**Novel properties:**
- coordinated timing
- shared direction
- collective rhythm

## Examples
- In 2017, thousands marched from Washington, D.C. to protest travel restrictions, moving block by block in unison down Constitution Avenue. *(institutions)*
- Army recruits at Fort Bragg march in step during drill, each platoon maintaining identical stride length and cadence under shouted commands. *(everyday life)*
- The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom gathered over 250,000 people who moved collectively toward the Lincoln Memorial. *(institutions)*

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