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people of government that follow law

Police (noun) means: people of government that follow law. It emerges from government, law: government orders people and law orders the rule they follow. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 18, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

police.authority · forms: police, policed, polices, policing

Examples

Emergence

from: government law
through: government orders people and law orders the rule they follow

Chain to foundations

peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchcloseL5 close.spatial: having little space between two thingsbigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therepoliceL18 police.authority: people of government that follow lawmatterL1 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.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchinglawL3 law.rule: a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thingmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.actionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesgovernmentL17 government.administrative: a group that makes rules for people in a placechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.backL13 back.spatial: a side of a thing that is part of its boundaryrulesL16 rules.social: regular patterns that control how things are orderedmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingscontrolL15 control.ability: Setting the walls of a thing again and again from a reading of where it is, so that it stays where it is wanted.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacesendL8 send.communication: to make a message move from one place to anotherdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placewantL6 want.desire: a need for something that is offorderL8 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.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.sourceL2 source.origin: a place where a thing beginsoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingcurrentL1 current.present: Of the time that is now.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryfeedbackL14 feedback.communication: information that is sent back to the source about a change that occurrednumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeenterL3 enter.spatial: to move into a placereachL10 reach.spatial: to go to pointparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patterncontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingshappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.relevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesmessageL7 message.information: information that one entity puts into space for another entityreachL13 reach.action: Each window a thing can enter, and each wall it can set, by its own action.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.readL7 read.information: when entities sees and makes informationinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarywallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.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.setL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.driftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 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.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasnothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.crossL4 cross.pass: To go through a boundary from one place to another.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timeneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objecttouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.possibilityL12 possibility.potential: A window that can be reached from the current window without crossing a wall that is closed.seeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentsetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other things
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Neighborhood

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

built frompoliceL18police.authority — people of government that follow lawgovernmentL17government.administrative — a group that makes rules for people in a placelawL3law.rule — a regular pattern that is what will happen when a thing is with another thing

Relations

is-agovernment.administrativea police force is a governmental body
enablessecurity.safetypolice enable safety for the public

Provenance

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