click · mechanical

When parts touch together and a change happens

Click (noun) means: When parts touch together and a change happens. It emerges from touch, change, happen, part: Parts come into contact, initiating an event where change occurs. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• A ballpoint pen clicks shut when the spring-loaded mechanism locks the tip into place after pressing the button. engineering
• The Geiger counter clicks each time a radioactive particle ionizes gas in the tube, completing a circuit. physics
• A climber's carabiner clicks into the harness loop, securing the rope connection during ascent. everyday-life

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Chain to foundations

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

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