part · relation
Ask PrometheusSomething 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).
Examples
- The International Space Station's solar array wing failed in 2007 due to a guide wire snag, halting power generation for Node 2. engineering
- A human red blood cell lacks a nucleus, yet carries oxygen within the circulatory system. biology
- The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland dispersed ash particles that grounded European air traffic for six days. geophysics
Emergence
through: A pattern contains a smaller region of space that is itself patterned.
- containment
- composition
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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