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drift that continues after the force producing it stops

Momentum (noun) means: drift that continues after the force producing it stops. It emerges from drift, parameter, window, maintenance: drift persists within a parameter's window after the force ends because the cessation of force interacts with temporal continuity and boundary conditions to sustain motion. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

momentum.retained · forms: momentum

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Emergence

from: drift parameter window maintenance boundary continue force stop time
through: drift persists within a parameter's window after the force ends because the cessation of force interacts with temporal continuity and boundary conditions to sustain motion.

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.actL3 act.deed: do somethingdoingL5 doing.activity: the act of engaging in a deedflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inkeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statetoolsL7 tools.tool: a device that helps a person do workknowledgeL7 knowledge.cognitive: information that people have about somethingstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeapplyingL8 applying.action: to put something onto a surface by a toolcontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.wallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsmaterialL5 material.physical: a thing that is a pattern of energy in a place through time and can be an objectoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is thereapplicationL10 application.use: a process in which something is used for a specific purposeneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectcarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.setsL3 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.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbermotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.deviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.specificL3 specific.detail: that which does not differ from the thing it is about and is not othersspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.stopL16 stop.action: to be a change that motion interacts with limit and endsrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placeothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not moveinteractingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchinghelpL5 help.assistance: to make another thing change when it can not change by itselfwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.processL4 process.general: A set of changes that occur in something over time.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.continueL6 continue.action: persist while doing something through timenoneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingmomentumL17 momentum.retained: drift that continues after the force producing it stopspurposeL9 purpose.goal: a goal that is about why a thing is doneoccursL2 occurs.event: a change that is at some place during timemeaningL8 meaning.significance: a pattern of knowledge that differs from a stategroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patterngoalL6 goal.purpose: a needed state that differs from a statemakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.informationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesdriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.actionL4 action.deed: A change that is done by a thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsjustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacerepeatsL1 repeats.action: to do a pattern again during timeworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarycomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacelimitL15 limit.boundary: a wall that holds regardless of applied forceuseL6 use.application: to make something change with a controldistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a place
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt from — 1 more not shownsnowball effectL20snowball-effect.stacked-dependency — A change that grows because each next step depends on the size achieved by the previous, until the weight of prior accummomentumL17momentum.retained — drift that continues after the force producing it stopsdriftL11drift.aimless — Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.parameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.maintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.boundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.continueL6continue.action — persist while doing something through timeforceL12force.push — a press of matter that results in a change in motionstopL16stop.action — to be a change that motion interacts with limit and ends

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snowball effectL20

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md