The Emergence Machine

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the thing that follows now in time

Next (adjective) means: the thing that follows now in time. It emerges from follows, time: When follow is within time, it makes an after thing after now. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 10, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

next.temporal · forms: next, nexted, nexting, nexts

Examples

Emergence

from: follows time
through: When follow is within time, it makes an after thing after now.

Chain to foundations

smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.followsL9 follows.sequential: to move after something in time with the same order as it happensboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts 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.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.motionL2 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.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inchangeL1 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 boundaryhappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.conditionL3 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.spaceL0 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.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesnextL10 next.temporal: the thing that follows now in timeextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromeditionL11edition.publication — a form of a text that is a next type after a previous onesundayL11sunday.day — the day of the week that is the last day before the next week beginslagL18lag.temporal — feedback arriving within the window but too late for the correction to land before the next drift.decemberL25december.date — the last month of a year, following the previous month and preceding the nextoctoberL25october.month — the month that follows the previous month and precedes the next month each yearseptemberL25september.calendar — a month that follows a previous month and precedes a next monthnextL10next.temporal — the thing that follows now in timefollowsL9follows.sequential — to move after something in time with the same order as it happenstimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

Used by (6)

editionL11sundayL11lagL18decemberL25octoberL25septemberL25

Relations

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Provenance

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