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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 15, 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

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.knowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inwallL10 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.carryingL5 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.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingnoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.needL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placecrossL13 cross.symbol: a shape made by two lines that touch togethertimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.lineL12 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spaceregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.propertyL3 property.attribute: a state that a thing hascontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.dependenceL11 dependence.condition: one window's walls set by another's parameters.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacerelevanceL12 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theremaintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.sideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.purposeL9 purpose.goal: a goal that is about why a thing is donehouse of cardsL15 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.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.collapseL14 collapse.failure: A wall crossing where the parameter drifts outside the window and nothing on the far side inherits the function of the thing.functionL10 function.purpose: the purpose a thing is forflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarysetsL3 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.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 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 touchingdistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placedriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionpeopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placeholdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not moveothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.meaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a staterangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceconnectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryquantityL7 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 placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statelinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencestouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.farL2 far.distance: more space than before
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Neighborhood

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

built fromhouse of cardsL15house-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 bewallL10wall.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.dependenceL11dependence.condition — one window's walls set by another's parameters.collapseL14collapse.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