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A structure whose parts depend on one another in sequence, where the failure of any one part causes the whole to fall because no part is held up except by the next.

House of cards (noun) means: A structure whose parts depend on one another in sequence, where the failure of any one part causes the whole to fall because no part is held up except by the next. It emerges from wall, parameter, maintenance, dependence: stacked dependency. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 19, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

house-of-cards.stacked · forms: house of cards

ordinarily means: something that seems stable but can collapse easily

Emergence

from: wall parameter maintenance dependence collapse
through: stacked dependency

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateknowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timecontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.wallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is thereneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectcarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.farL2 far.distance: more space than beforerelevanceL15 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.propertyL3 property.attribute: a state that a thing hascontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbermotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placefunctionL10 function.purpose: the purpose a thing is formarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingpurposeL9 purpose.goal: a goal that is about why a thing is donemeaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a stategroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patterncrossL17 cross.symbol: a shape made by two lines that touch togethergoalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesdriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.collapseL18 collapse.failure: A wall crossing where the parameter drifts outside the window and nothing on the far side inherits the function of the thing.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingslineL16 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacehouse of cardsL19 house-of-cards.stacked: A structure whose parts depend on one another in sequence, where the failure of any one part causes the whole to fall because no part is held up except by the next.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarycomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacedependenceL15 dependence.condition: one window's walls set by another's parameters.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a place
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Neighborhood

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

built fromhouse of cardsL19house-of-cards.stacked — A structure whose parts depend on one another in sequence, where the failure of any one part causes the whole to fall bewallL14wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.parameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.maintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.dependenceL15dependence.condition — one window's walls set by another's parameters.collapseL18collapse.failure — A wall crossing where the parameter drifts outside the window and nothing on the far side inherits the function of the t

Provenance

author: phrases:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.7 · source: folk phrase — stacked dependency