The Emergence Machine

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a parameter whose window has remained unoccupied for a time longer than drift alone would account for

Overdue (adjective) means: a parameter whose window has remained unoccupied for a time longer than drift alone would account for. It emerges from parameter, window, drift, unoccupied: The components together identify when a parameter's allowable range has stayed vacant beyond what unguided change would typically cause. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

overdue.temporal · forms: overdue

Examples

Emergence

from: parameter window drift unoccupied time long account alone
through: The components together identify when a parameter's allowable range has stayed vacant beyond what unguided change would typically cause.

Chain to foundations

extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingoverdueL15 overdue.temporal: a parameter whose window has remained unoccupied for a time longer than drift alone would account formarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowlinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsconnectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.aloneL3 alone.state: a state where it is in a place and no others are in that placeflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.longL5 long.size: a thing whose length is more than most other thingsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingsideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeshowL7 show.visual: to make something be seenchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarymotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.unoccupiedL14 unoccupied.spatial: a place where no thing occupieswallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberlistL9 list.ordered: a structure of pieces that are in an orderpartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.definesL11 defines.verb: To make a pattern that establishes the boundary of what a thing is by how it differs from others.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeholesL12 holes.empty-regions: Spaces where matter is not, but which are within or surrounded by matter that defines a boundary.accountL10 account.financial: a list that shows change of matter for a thing over timeoccupiedL13 occupied.spatial: A space where matter is in and so not a hole.lengthL4 length.spatial: how much space between two boundaries of a thingsetL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.surroundedL4 surrounded.enclosed: A thing is in a space where boundaries are on all sides around it.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacebroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsestablishesL10 establishes.verb: To make a pattern that persists in space and time by setting its boundaries through interaction.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built fromoverdueL15overdue.temporal — a parameter whose window has remained unoccupied for a time longer than drift alone would account forparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.driftL11drift.aimless — Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.unoccupiedL14unoccupied.spatial — a place where no thing occupiestimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.longL5long.size — a thing whose length is more than most other thingsaccountL10account.financial — a list that shows change of matter for a thing over timealoneL3alone.state — a state where it is in a place and no others are in that place

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md