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a part that can be pressed to enable an action

Button (noun) means: a part that can be pressed to enable an action. It emerges from part, press, click, action: pressing the part causes a mechanical click and enables an action. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

button.tool · forms: button, buttoned, buttoning, buttons

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Emergence

from: part press click action enables
through: pressing the part causes a mechanical click and enables an action

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.controlL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.rangeL3 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 inflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.giveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to othersinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresetsL3 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.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.carryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.fallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingreceiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placeinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingmaintenanceL14 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 spacequantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.someoneL7 someone.person: any personactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.objectL4 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 placeentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingspossibleL3 possible.potential: that can happengroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placedriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryboundaryL2 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.resourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeclickL4 click.mechanical: When parts touch together and a change happenspeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchprovideL8 provide.supply: to give something to someone so that they have ithappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.substanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratessystemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structureenablesL16 enables.facilitation: to make something possible by providing a resource for itholdL13 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.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingstimeL0 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.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.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placearrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.buttonL17 button.tool: a part that can be pressed to enable an actionpatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

built frombuttonL17button.tool — a part that can be pressed to enable an actionpartL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.pressL5press.force — to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceclickL4click.mechanical — When parts touch together and a change happensactionL4action.deed — A change that is done by a thing.enablesL16enables.facilitation — to make something possible by providing a resource for it

Relations

is-adevice.toola button is a type of tool
enablesclick.mechanicalpressing it can produce a click sound

Provenance

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