The Emergence Machine

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the thing that follows now in time

next.temporal · forms: next, nexted, nexting, nexts

Examples

Emergence

from: follows time
through: When follow is within time, it makes an after thing after now.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryfollowsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenextL10 next.temporal: the thing that follows now in timepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowwindowL7 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.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.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.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 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 placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 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 fromeditionL11edition.publication — a form of a text that is a next type after a previous onesundayL11sunday.day — the day of the week that is the last day before the next week beginsdecemberL14december.date — the last month of a year, following the previous month and preceding the nextoctoberL14october.month — the month that follows the previous month and precedes the next month each yearseptemberL14september.calendar — a month that follows a previous month and precedes a next monthlagL15lag.temporal — feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift.nextL10next.temporal — the thing that follows now in timefollowsL9follows.sequential — to move after something in time with the same order as it happenstimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (6)

editionL11sundayL11decemberL14octoberL14septemberL14lagL15

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Provenance

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