# resource (material)

output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: resource

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [window](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window.range), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [system](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-system.organized), [substance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-substance.material), [fall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fall.gravity)

**Through:** Outputs shaped by maintenance and drift cross boundaries under gravity, becoming inputs to adjacent systems when within compatible parameter windows.

**Novel properties:**
- cross-boundary availability
- relational redefinition of substance
- opportunistic reintegration

## Examples
- The Atacama Large Millimeter Array detects cosmic dust falling into its observational range from interstellar space. *(astronomy)*
- In 2010, a software update pushed to Tesla Roadsters reset battery charging thresholds, altering available power output. *(engineering)*
- Decaying salmon carcasses deliver nitrogen to Alaskan forest soils, entering the root uptake window of Sitka spruce. *(ecology)*

## Used by
- [administration](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-administration.administrative) (L17)
- [competition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-competition.social) (L16)
- [department](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-department.organizational) (L16)
- [economic](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-economic.financial) (L17)
- [enables](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-enables.facilitation) (L16)
- [financial](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-financial.economic) (L17)
- [fuel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fuel.resource) (L16)
- [management](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-management.administrative) (L16)
- [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic) (L16)
- [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic) (L16)
- [running on fumes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-running-on-fumes.upkeep) (L16)
- [scarcity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scarcity.condition) (L16)

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