# repeats (action)

to do a pattern again during time

- Computed level: L1 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: linguistics  ·  Arena: verb

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

**Through:** the pattern does again then

**Novel properties:**
- temporal duplication
- identical outcome
- reapplication of pattern

## Examples
- The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, repeating its path for over 20 years. *(engineering)*
- The cicada Brood X emerges every 17 years in the eastern United States, repeating its life cycle. *(biology)*
- The Julian calendar repeated the leap year pattern every four years without exception for over 1,600 years. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [audio](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-audio.auditory) (L2)
- [calendar](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-calendar.tool) (L14)
- [continue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-continue.action) (L6)
- [format](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-format.layout) (L13)
- [month](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-month.temporal) (L13)
- [often](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-often.temporal) (L2)
- [practice](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-practice.skill) (L21)
- [print](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-print.material) (L13)
- [quote](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-quote.writing) (L8)
- [regularity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regularity.pattern) (L10)
- [track](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-track.path) (L13)
- [training](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-training.skill) (L22)
- [usually](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-usually.temporal) (L2)
- [week](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-week.temporal) (L5)

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