# fragility (easily-broken)

A state where a small change in space or energy causes a thing to stop persisting.

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [energy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-energy.capacity), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process)

**Through:** When small changes in space or energy disrupt a thing's ability to persist, fragility emerges.

**Novel properties:**
- sensitivity to small disturbances
- sudden loss of persistence

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