The Emergence Machine

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a parameter whose window is wide enough that what passes through it is unchanged

medium.level · forms: medium

Examples

Emergence

from: parameter window wide enough
through: The condition's range widens sufficiently so that variation within it does not alter the passing phenomenon.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.largeL3 large.size: Having more space than a usual thing has.mediumL9 medium.level: a parameter whose window is wide enough that what passes through it is unchangedneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryusualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.enoughL8 enough.sufficient: a quantity that is not less than the needothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.wideL4 wide.spatial: has more space extent than usualtouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timetotalL7 total.quantity: the number of all partstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromblueL12blue.color — a color visual that arises when light interacts with air as a material mediummediumL9medium.level — a parameter whose window is wide enough that what passes through it is unchangedparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.wideL4wide.spatial — has more space extent than usualenoughL8enough.sufficient — a quantity that is not less than the needE0 concrete → E14 abstract

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Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/abstract-concepts-as-ranges.md