# regularity (pattern)

A pattern that repeats the same way through time.

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: regularity  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [repeats](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-repeats.action), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [way](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-way.method)

**Through:** The pattern is repeated through time, maintaining its form via a consistent method across successive occurrences.

**Novel properties:**
- consistent recurrence
- temporal invariance
- methodological repetition

## Examples
- The rotation of Earth produces a 24-hour day consistently for millions of years. *(astronomy)*
- The oscillation of a cesium-133 atom defines the second in atomic clocks with extreme precision. *(physics)*
- The seasonal migration of monarch butterflies follows the same route every year across generations. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [beauty](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-beauty.aesthetic) (L11)
- [measurement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-measurement.quantitative) (L12)
- [print](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-print.material) (L13)
- [symmetry versus regularity licence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-symmetry-versus-regularity-licence.licence) (L12)
- [the way we have always done it](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-way-we-have-always-done-it.path) (L19)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regularity.pattern*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regularity.pattern.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*