# union (group)

A whole created when parts join together.

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: social  ·  Arena: union

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [join](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-join.connection), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [whole](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-whole.complete)

**Through:** Parts join together to form a unified whole that did not exist before.

**Novel properties:**
- collective existence
- irreducible structure
- emergent unity

## Examples
- The International Space Station assembled in orbit from modules launched by multiple nations. *(engineering)*
- The 1936 General Motors sit-down strike formed a UAW local that won union recognition. *(institutions)*
- Flocking starlings create murmurations visible from kilometers away at dusk in Rome. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [wed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wed.social) (L9)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-union.group*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-union.group.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*