The Emergence Machine

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to move an object until it is in contact with a surface

press.force · forms: press, pressed, presses, pressing

Examples

Emergence

from: work contact motion object surface time
through: The work of moving an object through space results in physical contact between the object and a surface over time.

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.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.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacemotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromforceL12force.push — a press of matter that results in a change in motionprintL13print.material — a piece of physical material bearing a repeated pattern created by applying forcebuttonL17button.tool — a part that can be pressed to enable an actionpressL5press.force — to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3work.effort — a change that happens when energy moves something through spacecontactL4contact.physical — When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.motionL2motion.movement — Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.objectL4object.entity — A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.surfaceL4surface.exterior — A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (3)

forceL12printL13buttonL17

Relations

is-acontact.physicalis-a
enableswork.effortenables

Provenance

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