substance · material
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Substance (noun) means: what remains through the drift a window tolerates. It emerges from window, drift, parameter, persist: A parameter's value may drift aimlessly within a range defined by a window; the thing persists as long as the parameter stays within that window, with the opening enabling boundary definition. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 12, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The International Space Station maintains structural integrity despite micrometeoroid impacts and thermal cycling over 25 years in orbit. engineering
- Glacial ice persists through seasonal melt cycles in Greenland, retaining mass balance only in deep interior regions since 1995. geology
- The Linux kernel sustains core functionality across hardware changes and software updates since its initial release in 1991. computing
Emergence
through: A parameter's value may drift aimlessly within a range defined by a window; the thing persists as long as the parameter stays within that window, with the opening enabling boundary definition.
- tolerance of drift
- persistence through bounded change
- window-defined continuity
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (154 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (15)
degreeL13fluidL13gasL13hardL13metalL13treatmentL13jewelryL14toysL14liquidL15logL15resourceL15rockL15drugL16oilL16goldL23
Relations
| is-a | matter.substance | is-a |