# drifting apart (drift)

*Ordinarily means:* People gradually becoming less close over time.

Change in the parameter of connection between two things, with no force pushing them together, and no maintenance to hold them near, so the space between grows until the boundary of shared state is lost.

- Computed level: L15 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: relational dynamics

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless), [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [parameter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parameter.condition), [connection](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-connection.social), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** interact.social

**Novel properties:**
- emergence.process

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drifting-apart.drift*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drifting-apart.drift.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*