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time when work does not happen and one can act in recreation

Leisure (noun) means: time when work does not happen and one can act in recreation. It emerges from time, work, recreation, act: the interval of time plus the absence of work frees capacity while recreation supplies activity, together forming free, enjoyable time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

leisure.psychological · forms: leisure

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Emergence

from: time work recreation act happen
through: the interval of time plus the absence of work frees capacity while recreation supplies activity, together forming free, enjoyable time

Chain to foundations

othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsrecreationL13 recreation.leisure: actions that are for play and are done while freeoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryorderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectplayL12 play.game: a game that is done not for workspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.peopleL6 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.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesactL3 act.deed: do somethingpartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statecomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timeentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.organizedL3 organized.structure: a state where parts are in a regular pattern that persists through timefreeL3 free.unconstrained: When matter is not bound by a boundary, it can move in space and remain.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeleisureL14 leisure.psychological: time when work does not happen and one can act in recreationenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.occursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinginsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarytimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.workL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceactionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingsetsL3 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.processL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.followsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensgameL11 game.playful: an organized sequence of actions where participants follow a structure to achieve a desired outcomeparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.outcomeL10 outcome.result: the state that follows after a changetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromentertainmentL15entertainment.leisure — recreation during free time that incorporates music and gamesleisureL14leisure.psychological — time when work does not happen and one can act in recreationtimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.workL3work.effort — a change that happens when energy moves something through spacerecreationL13recreation.leisure — actions that are for play and are done while freeactL3act.deed — do somethinghappenL2happen.event-occurrence — A change that is at some place during time.

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6