# still (quiet)

a state that does not move and does not change

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: still  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

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

**Through:** when motion and change are absent, a condition persists without alteration in place or form

**Novel properties:**
- persistence without movement
- unchanging presence
- temporal stability

## Examples
- The granite of El Capitan in Yosemite remained unchanged for 10 million years despite wind and rain erosion. *(geology)*
- The core memory of the Apollo Guidance Computer retained its state without refresh for hours after power-off. *(engineering)*
- The Dead Sea Scrolls lay undisturbed in Qumran caves for over 2,000 years until their discovery in 1947. *(archaeology)*

## Used by
- [exhaustion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exhaustion.capacity) (L15)
- [legacy code](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-legacy-code.unmeasured) (L15)
- [mobile](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-mobile.movement) (L6)
- [neglect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-neglect.omission) (L15)
- [obsolete](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-obsolete.inactive) (L15)
- [sleep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sleep.biological) (L11)

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