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a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an object

Material (noun) means: a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an object. It emerges from matter, structure, energy, pattern: the pattern of energy occupies space and has extent. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 5, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

material.physical · forms: material, materials

Examples

Emergence

from: matter structure energy pattern space time object
through: the pattern of energy occupies space and has extent

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.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.energyL0 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.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.materialL5 material.physical: a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an objectstructureL2 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.
full chain as text (37 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used by — 11 more not shownbuilt fromtoolsL7tools.tool — a device that helps a person do worktransparentL8transparent.visual — a material that can be seen throughglassL9glass.material — a material that is transparentblueL12blue.color — a color visual that arises when light interacts with air as a material mediumprintL13print.material — a piece of physical material bearing a repeated pattern created by applying forcewindowsL13windows.opening — a structure that makes a boundary hole in a surface and includes glassparkL14park.place — a large area of green space reserved for recreationtoysL14toys.play — An item made of physical material that can be used in a playful game.materialL5material.physical — a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an objectmatterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.structureL2structure.arrangement — The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.energyL0energy.capacity — That by which things can be not as they were.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.objectL4object.entity — A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.

Used by (19)

toolsL7transparentL8glassL9blueL12printL13windowsL13parkL14toysL14barL15boardL15boxL15cardL15keyL15paperL15tableL15sponsoredL18threadL18shoesL20goldL23

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Provenance

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