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a link between things that can be together

Connection (noun) means: a link between things that can be together. It emerges from links, interaction: When a link and interaction make things be together. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 9, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

connection.social · forms: connection, connections

Examples

Emergence

from: links interaction
through: When a link and interaction make things be together

Chain to foundations

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.connectionL9 connection.social: a link between things that can be togetherstructureL2 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.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.persistL1 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.energyL0 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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsothersL2 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.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
full chain as text (79 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromassociationL10association.relation — A relation that connects things because they have the same pattern.internetL10internet.digital — a system of linked connections through which users send and receive information using devicesdrifting apartL15drifting-apart.drift — Change in the parameter of connection between two things, with no force pushing them together, and no maintenance to holconnectionL9connection.social — a link between things that can be togetherlinksL8links.connection — a thing that connects two thingsinteractionL2interaction.process — When two things change each other.

Used by (3)

associationL10internetL10drifting apartL15

Relations

is-alinks.connectionis-a
enablescontact.physicalenables

Provenance

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