The Emergence Machine

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A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.

matter.substance · forms: matter

Examples

Emergence

from: energy pattern space time
through: Energy binds into a stable pattern that holds one place in space and continues through time.

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.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.patternL0 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 fromfemaleL2female.sex — a matter that differs from other mattergrowthL2growth.development — more matter in a place over timeliveL2live.biological — to be a matter that persists through time and can changephysicalL2physical.material — it is matter that is in space and persists through timerealL2real.actual — a thing that is in space and persists through timesizeL2size.measurement — the space that a thing's matter is instuffL2stuff.material — things that are matter and remain in space through timeextentL3extent.spatial — how much space matter hasmatterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.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.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

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Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0