{
  "id": "emergence.process",
  "term": "emergence",
  "sense": "process",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "draft",
  "level": 18,
  "domain": "general",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern that arises from interactions among parts, not present in any part alone.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "interaction.process",
      "pattern.regularity",
      "change.process"
    ],
    "interaction": "Interactions among parts generate a new pattern that was not present before.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "greater than the sum",
      "new pattern"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "process.general",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "emergence is a kind of process"
    },
    {
      "id": "difference.relation",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "emergence creates new patterns, unlike mere difference"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "emergence"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-emergence.process"
}