The Emergence Machine

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a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an object

material.physical · forms: material, materials

Examples

Emergence

from: matter structure energy pattern space time object
through: the pattern of energy occupies space and has extent

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.materialL5 material.physical: a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an objectpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromtoolsL7tools.tool — a device that helps a person do worktransparentL8transparent.visual — a material that can be seen throughglassL9glass.material — a material that is transparentbarL10bar.structure — a long piece of material that is a boundarykeyL10key.tool — a piece of material that is formed into a shape and can be put in a devicewindowsL10windows.opening — a structure that makes a boundary hole in a surface and includes glassblueL12blue.color — a color visual that arises when light interacts with air as a material mediumprintL13print.material — a piece of physical material bearing a repeated pattern created by applying forcematerialL5material.physical — a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an objectmatterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.structureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.energyL0energy.capacity — That by which things can be not as they were.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.objectL4object.entity — A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (19)

toolsL7transparentL8glassL9barL10keyL10windowsL10blueL12printL13parkL14toysL14boxL15boardL16cardL16paperL16tableL16sponsoredL18threadL18shoesL20goldL23

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6