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not made by humans

Natural (adjective) means: not made by humans. It emerges from human, make: human persons make things and the things that are not made by them are natural. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 17, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

natural.ordinary · forms: natural, naturals

Examples

Emergence

from: human make
through: human persons make things and the things that are not made by them are natural

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.lifeL15 life.biological: a state where matter persists through time and uses energy to maintain its pattern despite changecontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.useL6 use.application: to make something change with a controlrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.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.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.humanL16 human.person: a person that lives as lifematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingmaintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or stateconditionL3 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.entitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placenaturalL17 natural.ordinary: not made by humansboundaryL2 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 motionmotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.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.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not moveothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.deviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts 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 (180 steps)

Neighborhood

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

built fromnaturalL17natural.ordinary — not made by humanshumanL16human.person — a person that lives as lifemakeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.

Relations

is-areal.actual

Provenance

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