# week (temporal)

a portion of days that repeat with regular pattern

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: temporal  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [days](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-days.temporal), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [portion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-portion.share), [repeats](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-repeats.action)

**Through:** the days repeat with regular pattern and together are a bounded portion of time

**Novel properties:**
- recurring cycle
- bounded duration
- temporal unit

## Examples
- The Gregorian calendar cycles every 7 days, aligning with planetary rotation and religious traditions since 1582. *(institutions)*
- Linux kernel releases follow a 2-week development cycle, merging patches before each deadline. *(computing)*
- Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant operated on 7-day shifts during the 2011 crisis response. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [friday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-friday.temporal) (L15)
- [monday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-monday.temporal) (L10)
- [saturday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-saturday.temporal) (L16)
- [sunday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sunday.day) (L11)
- [thursday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thursday.temporal) (L15)
- [tuesday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-tuesday.temporal) (L6)
- [wednesday](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wednesday.temporal) (L16)

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