interacting · social

when two things change each other while touching

Interacting (verb) means: when two things change each other while touching. It emerges from change, touch, time: two things change each other and are in contact, producing interaction. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• In 2012, two billiard balls collided on a felt table at 2.3 m/s, exchanging momentum and altering trajectories. physics
• Every 90 minutes, circadian pacemaker neurons in the human suprachiasmatic nucleus adjust each other's firing rates through synaptic contact. biology
• During the 2008 financial crisis, banks' interlocking credit default swaps amplified losses across institutions through direct contractual links. economics

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

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