The Emergence Machine

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a state where a body is still and off, and persists through time with less change

sleep.biological · forms: sleep, sleeping, sleeps, slept

Examples

Emergence

from: still off persist body change state time
through: still.quiet and off.state together allow persist.continue to occur across time.dimension, reducing change.process within a body.physical

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.sleepL11 sleep.biological: a state where a body is still and off, and persists through time with less changeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therestillL3 still.quiet: a state that does not move and does not changeoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.bodyL10 body.physical: a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacepieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundarypartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.formL9 form.shape: The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt frombedL17bed.furniture — a piece of furniture that provides a place for a human to stay while they sleepsleepL11sleep.biological — a state where a body is still and off, and persists through time with less changestillL3still.quiet — a state that does not move and does not changeoffL2off.state — when a thing is not here, it is therepersistL1persist.continue — To be the same through time.bodyL10body.physical — a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacechangeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.stateL2state.condition — a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placetimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

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bedL17

Relations

is-astate.conditionsleep is a kind of state
contrasts-withactive.behavioralsleep contrasts with activity

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6