The Emergence Machine

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a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in space

Bush (noun) means: a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in space. It emerges from growth, matter, live, arrangement: the matter grows over time, persists through change by using energy, and forms a structured arrangement of parts in space. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

bush.plant · forms: bush, bushes

Examples

Emergence

from: growth matter live arrangement life little part space small
through: the matter grows over time, persists through change by using energy, and forms a structured arrangement of parts in space

Chain to foundations

littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most otherslifeL15 life.biological: a state where matter persists through time and uses energy to maintain its pattern despite changepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.useL6 use.application: to make something change with a controlrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacesizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inliveL2 live.biological: to be a matter that persists through time and can changeflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsgrowthL2 growth.development: more matter in a place over timeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.bushL16 bush.plant: a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in spacechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not moveothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.deviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

built from — 1 more not shownbushL16bush.plant — a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in spacegrowthL2growth.development — more matter in a place over timematterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.liveL2live.biological — to be a matter that persists through time and can changearrangementL3arrangement.spatial — a structure of parts in space.lifeL15life.biological — a state where matter persists through time and uses energy to maintain its pattern despite changelittleL4little.size — has less space extent than most otherspartL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6