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A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.

Device (noun) means: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change. It emerges from matter, energy, structure, change: Energy flows through a structured arrangement of matter, causing a specific change. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 5, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

device.tool · forms: device, devices

Examples

Emergence

from: matter energy structure change flow make
through: Energy flows through a structured arrangement of matter, causing a specific change.

Chain to foundations

persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.deviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 21 more not shownbuilt fromengineL6engine.tool — a device that changes energy into motionmachineL6machine.constructed-system — A device made so that energy flows through a structure to do change and persist in a pattern.operatingL6operating.active — a device that does workuseL6use.application — to make something change with a controlelectronicL7electronic.electrical — a kind of device that is with electricityelectronicsL7electronics.electrical — devices that use electricity to change information with parts in a structurehardwareL7hardware.physical — it is matter with a structure that can be used in devicesradioL7radio.electrical — a device that receives audio through electricitydeviceL5device.tool — A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.matterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.energyL0energy.capacity — That by which things can be not as they were.structureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.changeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.flowL3flow.movement — Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.makeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.

Used by (29)

engineL6machineL6operatingL6useL6electronicL7electronicsL7hardwareL7radioL7toolsL7plugL8technologyL8emailL9equipmentL9phoneL9socketL9techL9downloadL10internetL10keyL10computerL11cameraL12carL16printerL17softwareL17browserL18serverL18watchL18faxL20smithL22

Relations

medium-forsocket.electricala device that enables electrical energy flow

Provenance

author: openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6