# outcome (result)

the state that follows after a change

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

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

**Through:** a change alters a thing over time, and through sequential progression, a new state emerges as the outcome

**Novel properties:**
- temporal succession
- emergent stability
- post-transitional state

## Examples
- The 2008 financial crisis followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers and a cascade of mortgage defaults. *(economics)*
- After the 1986 Chernobyl reactor explosion, a radioactive exclusion zone formed across northern Ukraine. *(engineering)*
- Apple's release of the iPhone in 2007 reshaped global mobile phone usage patterns within five years. *(technology)*

## Used by
- [effective](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-effective.useful) (L12)
- [game](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-game.playful) (L11)
- [performance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-performance.quality) (L12)
- [poker](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-poker.game) (L17)
- [try](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-try.effort) (L12)

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