# results (outcome)

an outcome that is the difference that follows a change

- Computed level: L11 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: results

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation)

**Through:** the change creates a new pattern that differs from the previous one

**Novel properties:**
- causal linkage
- observable consequence
- new state

## Examples
- The 2008 financial crisis followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers, altering global credit markets. *(economics)*
- The Chernobyl disaster released 400 times more radioactive material than the Hiroshima bomb. *(engineering)*
- The human genome project produced a complete reference sequence by 2003, enabling personalized medicine. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [ability](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ability.capacity) (L19)
- [addition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-addition.mathematical) (L12)
- [blue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-blue.color) (L12)
- [brown](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brown.color) (L13)
- [effective](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-effective.useful) (L12)
- [effects](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-effects.result) (L12)
- [experience](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-experience.cognitive) (L12)
- [four](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-four.cardinal) (L12)
- [performance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-performance.quality) (L12)
- [poker](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-poker.game) (L17)
- [production](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-production.manufacturing) (L12)
- [six](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-six.cardinal) (L12)
- [thirty](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thirty.numeral) (L12)
- [try](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-try.effort) (L12)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-results.outcome*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-results.outcome.json*  
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