life · biological
Ask Prometheusa state where matter persists through time and uses energy to maintain its pattern despite change
Life (noun) means: a state where matter persists through time and uses energy to maintain its pattern despite change. It emerges from matter, energy, pattern, change: matter, energy, and pattern interact over time, with energy being used to maintain the pattern through change, allowing the system to persist in a stable condition. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 15, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The bacterium Escherichia coli reproduces every 20 minutes in the human gut, consuming nutrients to sustain its structure and function. biology
- The Sun’s core fuses hydrogen into helium, maintaining plasma confinement through gravity and pressure for billions of years. physics
- The International Space Station recycles water and filters air to sustain crew life in low Earth orbit since 1998. engineering
Emergence
through: matter, energy, and pattern interact over time, with energy being used to maintain the pattern through change, allowing the system to persist in a stable condition
- self-sustained stability
- dynamic equilibrium
- persistence through regulated change
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (156 steps)
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (5)
Relations
| is-a | state.condition | is-a |