matter · substance
Ask PrometheusA pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
Matter (noun) means: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time. It emerges from energy, pattern, space, time: Energy binds into a stable pattern that holds one place in space and continues through time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 1, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- Earth's inner core is a ball of iron-nickel alloy that stays solid, in the same place, for ages, because immense pressure outweighs its enormous heat. geology
- A pebble on a riverbank is matter: the same grains of stone stay together in one spot, year after year, until a flood moves it. everyday
Emergence
through: Energy binds into a stable pattern that holds one place in space and continues through time.
- persistence
- location
- countable identity
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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