# emergence (process)

A pattern that arises from interactions among parts, not present in any part alone.

- Computed level: L18 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: draft  ·  Domain: general

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [interaction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-interaction.process), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process)

**Through:** Interactions among parts generate a new pattern that was not present before.

**Novel properties:**
- greater than the sum
- new pattern

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