# on the same wavelength (resonance)

*Ordinarily means:* People understand each other easily and communicate well.

When two things change each other in a way that makes their interaction exceed what each could do alone, because their patterns are close enough to reinforce without being the same.

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: collaboration

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [whole](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-whole.complete), [greater than the sum](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-greater-than-the-sum.excess)

**Through:** interaction.process

**Novel properties:**
- greater-than-the-sum.excess

## Examples
- Two tuning forks vibrate at 440 Hz and amplify each other's sound when one is struck nearby. *(physics)*
- Fireflies in Southeast Asia flash in unison across trees, synchronizing their pulses within milliseconds. *(biology)*
- The 2008 Iceland financial crisis saw public protests rapidly align with media and political discourse, forcing systemic change. *(institutions)*

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