nature · ordinary

the total of matter and pattern in space through time

Nature (noun) means: the total of matter and pattern in space through time. It emerges from matter, pattern, space, time: matter and pattern together in space and through time constitute the entirety of the physical world. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 8, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Amazon Rainforest cycles 20 billion tons of water daily through transpiration and rainfall, sustaining its own climate patterns. ecology
• The LHC at CERN collides protons at 99.999999% of light speed, revealing fundamental particles within spacetime. physics
• The Great Barrier Reef, built by corals over 20 million years, spans 2,300 kilometers across the Pacific. geology

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

Relations

Provenance