# off (state)

when a thing is not here, it is there

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: off

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

**Through:** a thing’s place differs from here, so it is there

**Novel properties:**
- separation from location
- absence of presence

## Examples
- The 2003 Northeast blackout left 50 million people without power across three U.S. states and Ontario. *(engineering)*
- Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, no longer counted among the solar system's major planets. *(astronomy)*
- During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines ceased broadcasting for three weeks. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [away](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-away.spatial) (L3)
- [holiday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-holiday.leisure) (L8)
- [lost](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-lost.state) (L3)
- [night](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-night.temporal) (L3)
- [non](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-non.negation) (L9)
- [nothing](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nothing.absence) (L10)
- [port](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-port.harbor) (L15)
- [sleep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sleep.biological) (L11)
- [want](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-want.desire) (L6)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-off.state.json*  
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