# united (social)

parts together in one group

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [groups](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groups.collection)

**Through:** the parts come together to make one group

**Novel properties:**
- shared identity
- collective purpose

## Examples
- The United Nations formed in 1945 with 51 original member states coordinating global security and diplomacy. *(institutions)*
- The 2010 Icelandic volcano eruption grounded 63,000 flights but united air traffic control systems under revised safety thresholds. *(engineering)*
- Neurons in the hippocampus fire in coordinated sequences during memory consolidation, forming a unified neural assembly. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [federal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-federal.government) (L20)

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