off · state
Ask Prometheuswhen a thing is not here, it is there
Off (adjective) means: when a thing is not here, it is there. It emerges from space, difference: a thing’s place differs from here, so it is there. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The 2003 Northeast blackout left 50 million people without power across three U.S. states and Ontario. engineering
- Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, no longer counted among the solar system's major planets. astronomy
- During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines ceased broadcasting for three weeks. institutions
Emergence
from: space difference
through: a thing’s place differs from here, so it is there
- separation from location
- absence of presence
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (4 steps)
- offL2
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- patternL0
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (9)
Relations
| is-a | state.condition | is-a |