# search (action)

to move in space until touching another

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [touch](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-touch.together)

**Through:** motion through space over time brings a thing into contact with a distinct entity, producing touch through the closing of spatial separation.

**Novel properties:**
- directed motion toward contact
- first contact between previously separate entities
- spatiotemporal convergence

## Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe crossed into interstellar space in 2012, still transmitting data from 15 billion miles away. *(spaceflight)*
- Ants follow pheromone trails to locate food, each worker adjusting path until scent contact resumes. *(biology)*
- Google's web crawlers traverse billions of pages daily, indexing links to populate search results. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [find](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-find.search) (L6)
- [research](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-research.investigation) (L7)

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