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When two things change each other.

Interaction (noun) means: When two things change each other. It emerges from change, energy: Energy passes between two things so that each changes the other. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

interaction.process · forms: interact, interaction, interactions, interacts

Examples

Emergence

from: change energy
through: Energy passes between two things so that each changes the other.

Chain to foundations

energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 54 more not shownbuilt fromactL3act.deed — do somethingcauseL3cause.reason — thing that brings about a change through interaction with another thingcollectiveL3collective.group — A pattern of others that are together in a place and change each other over time.touchL3touch.together — When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.makeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.webL4web.structure — a structure of many pieces that touch each otherestablishesL5establishes.verb — To make a pattern that persists in space and time by setting its boundaries through interaction.helpL5help.assistance — to make another thing change when it can not change by itselfinteractionL2interaction.process — When two things change each other.changeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0energy.capacity — That by which things can be not as they were.

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actL3causeL3collectiveL3touchL3makeL4webL4establishesL5helpL5joinL5responseL5systemL5couplingL6peopleL6seeL6communityL7connectsL7forumL7learnL7meetingL7partyL7researchL7businessL8colorL8in syncL8priceL8relationL8requestL8socialL8connectionL9friendL9networkL9talkL9greater than the sumL10respectL10societyL10on the same wavelengthL11word of mouthL11blueL12forceL12playL12pleaseL12beautyL13brownL13discussionL13warL13on the groundL14herd mentalityL15invisible handL15self fulfilling prophecyL15going viralL16ripple effectL16stopL16breaking the iceL17chain reactionL17where the rubber meets the roadL17burned bridgesL18complexityL18emergenceL18flywheel effectL18resistL20arms raceL21yellowL23

Relations

is-achange.processinteraction is change that runs both ways

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 1.0