# occurs (event)

a change that is at some place during time

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: semantics  ·  Arena: occur.event

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** change is at some place and happens during time

**Novel properties:**
- specific occurrence
- situated change

## Examples
- The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake ruptured 400 km of the Japan Trench over 150 seconds. *(geophysics)*
- At CERN in 2012, a Higgs boson emerged in ATLAS detector data at 125 GeV. *(particle physics)*
- The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank unfolded over 48 hours in March 2023 as depositors withdrew $42 billion. *(finance)*

## Used by
- [buffer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-buffer.region) (L13)
- [christmas](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-christmas.holiday) (L19)
- [climate](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-climate.weather) (L16)
- [cycle](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-cycle.loop) (L15)
- [event](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-event.occurrence) (L3)
- [experience](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-experience.cognitive) (L12)
- [feedback](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-feedback.communication) (L14)
- [frozen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-frozen.state) (L18)
- [insurance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insurance.financial) (L18)
- [music](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-music.auditory) (L3)
- [process](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-process.general) (L4)
- [response](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-response.behavioral) (L5)
- [speed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-speed.motion) (L6)
- [strain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-strain.measurable-degradation) (L12)
- [summer](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-summer.season) (L21)
- [test](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-test.assessment) (L10)
- [verb](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-verb.grammatical) (L12)

---
*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-occurs.event*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-occurs.event.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*