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a design that orders actions in time to reach a goal

Plan (noun) means: a design that orders actions in time to reach a goal. It emerges from design, action, goal, time: The design arranges actions over time so that they can achieve the goal. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 11, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

plan.strategic · forms: plan, planned, planning, plans

Examples

Emergence

from: design action goal time order reach
through: The design arranges actions over time so that they can achieve the goal.

Chain to foundations

extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowtimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.needL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by 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.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.motionL2 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.planL11 plan.strategic: a design that orders actions in time to reach a goalpartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inreachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacedifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.designL9 design.plan: a structure that orders parts for a goalsmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a place
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromscheduleL12schedule.time — a plan that orders events by timesick man of europeL16sick-man-of-europe.others-read — A once large power that others read as too narrow in its reach to hold its own walls, so they plan to set them instead.planL11plan.strategic — a design that orders actions in time to reach a goaldesignL9design.plan — a structure that orders parts for a goalactionL4action.deed — A change that is done by a thing.goalL6goal.purpose — a needed state that differs from a statetimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.orderL8order.arrangement — a parameter whose window is narrowreachL10reach.spatial — to go to point

Used by (2)

scheduleL12sick man of europeL16

Relations

is-adesign.plandesign

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6