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Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.

Motion (noun) means: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there. It emerges from change, space, time: Change applied to location over time: the same thing at different places at different times. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

motion.movement · forms: motion, move, moved, movement, moves, moving

Examples

Emergence

from: change space time
through: Change applied to location over time: the same thing at different places at different times.

Chain to foundations

motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.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.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 82 more not shownbuilt fromcomeL3come.arrive — To move through space until being at some place.enterL3enter.spatial — to move into a placefallL3fall.gravity — When a thing moves down in space during time.flowL3flow.movement — Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.freeL3free.unconstrained — When matter is not bound by a boundary, it can move in space and remain.goL3go.movement — to move one from a place to another placeputL3put.placement — to move something into a placeriseL3rise.movement — When a thing moves up in space during time.motionL2motion.movement — Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.changeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was 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.

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comeL3enterL3fallL3flowL3freeL3goL3putL3riseL3stillL3synchronizationL3workL3activeL4crossL4mobileL4postL4searchL4carryingL5driveL5pressL5broughtL6electricityL6engineL6shippingL6speedL6takeL6travelL6lightL8sendL8fastL9followsL9courseL10reachL10zipL10pushL11streetL11trackL11forceL12inertiaL12relevanceL12turnL12approachL13gasL13golfL13holdL13viableL13wheelL13carL14zugzwangL14abandonmentL15autoL15channelL15conscienceL15fearL15power vacuumL15reinventing yourselfL15self-esteemL15stopL15ulysses contractL15videoL15weatherL15bruised egoL16flywheelL16heartL16moviesL16pain at the pumpL16runL16sleepL16stepL16consumer confidenceL17handL17openL17outsiders coming inL17sportsL17animal spiritsL18fear and greedL18fear indexL18feel-good factorL18flight to safetyL18frozenL18investor sentimentL18market jittersL18pushing the envelopeL18relief rallyL18roadL18willpowerL18footL19hitting the wallL19powerL19right side of historyL19wounded nationL20

Relations

is-achange.processmotion is change whose subject is location

Provenance

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