able · capacity
Ask Prometheushas ability
Able (adjective) means: has ability. It emerges from ability, possible: when ability and possible are together, something can do. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 20, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The International Space Station maintains orbit at 7.66 km/s despite atmospheric drag using periodic reboosts from docked spacecraft. engineering
- Cyanobacteria split water to extract electrons, sustaining metabolism in Earth's early anoxic environments over 3 billion years ago. biology
- The Federal Reserve adjusts interest rates to modulate inflation and unemployment within target ranges set by its dual mandate. economics
Emergence
through: when ability and possible are together, something can do
- capacity to act
- potential for success
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (354 steps)
- ableL20
- abilityL19
- energyL0
- regularL1
- processL4
- capacityL11
- enoughL8
- patternL0
- potentialL18
- openL17
- unoccupiedL9
- windowL7
- resultsL11
- changeL1
- differenceL1
- possibleL3
- abilityL19
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.