# release (general)

to let a thing go from a place where it is bounded to a place where it is not

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: general  ·  Arena: release

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [go](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-go.movement), [let](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-let.permission), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** the boundary limit opens, allowing a change process that permits movement from one space to another

**Novel properties:**
- transition across boundaries
- permissioned release
- spatial liberation

## Examples
- The 2011 Tohoku earthquake released 400 million times the energy of Hiroshima's atomic bomb as tectonic plates slipped 50 meters. *(geophysics)*
- The Linux Foundation released version 5.10 of the kernel, enabling new hardware support across millions of devices. *(computing)*
- Volkswagen released 11 million diesel cars with software that evaded emissions limits, later exposed by EPA tests. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [published](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-published.information) (L10)

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*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*