The Emergence Machine

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Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.

Part means: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing. It emerges from space, pattern: A pattern contains a smaller region of space that is itself patterned. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 1, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

part.relation · forms: part, parts

Examples

Emergence

from: space pattern
through: A pattern contains a smaller region of space that is itself patterned.

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 109 more not shownbuilt fromperL2per.ratio — for eachpointsL2points.location — a part that is at a placestructureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.arrangementL3arrangement.spatial — a structure of parts in space.centerL3center.location — the part of a space that is just between the boundariescentreL3centre.location — the part of a space that is just between the boundariesflowL3flow.movement — Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.organizedL3organized.structure — a state where parts are in a regular pattern that persists through timepartL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.

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Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0