# persist (continue)

To be the same through time.

- Computed level: L1 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: physics

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity)

**Through:** A pattern compared with itself across time matches.

**Novel properties:**
- identity through time
- stability

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains its orbit at approximately 400 km altitude, requiring periodic reboosts to counteract atmospheric drag. *(engineering)*
- The Great Red Spot on Jupiter has persisted for at least 189 years, observed continuously since 1830. *(astronomy)*
- The U.S. Constitution has remained in effect since 1789, through amendments and legal interpretations. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [abstraction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-abstraction.process) (L16)
- [adaptation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-adaptation.biological) (L3)
- [ambush](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ambush.attack) (L11)
- [ancient](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ancient.temporal) (L18)
- [bed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bed.furniture) (L17)
- [breaking point](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-breaking-point.threshold) (L14)
- [brink](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brink.edge) (L12)
- [burned bridges](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-burned-bridges.path) (L15)
- [business](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-business.economic) (L8)
- [capacity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capacity.size) (L11)
- [carrying](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-carrying.transporting) (L5)
- [city](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-city.place) (L7)
- [coherence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-coherence.state) (L11)
- [complex](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-complex.structured) (L18)
- [condition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-condition.state) (L3)
- [connects](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-connects.verb) (L7)
- [continue](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-continue.action) (L6)
- [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability) (L4)
- [crossed the line](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-crossed-the-line.threshold) (L18)
- [english](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-english.language) (L11)
- [essence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-essence.core) (L17)
- [establishes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-establishes.verb) (L5)
- [evolution](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-evolution.biological) (L2)
- [example](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-example.temporal) (L2)
- [factor of safety](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-factor-of-safety.margin) (L15)
- [family](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-family.social) (L7)
- [flywheel effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flywheel-effect.momentum) (L15)
- [fragility](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fragility.easily-broken) (L16)
- [free](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-free.unconstrained) (L5)
- [freedom](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-freedom.range) (L8)
- [full](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-full.state) (L10)
- [gas](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gas.state) (L13)
- [gone too far](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gone-too-far.threshold) (L14)
- [gut feeling](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-gut-feeling.trust) (L16)
- [health](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-health.condition) (L19)
- [healthy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-healthy.condition) (L15)
- [held](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-held.grip) (L5)
- [high level](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-high-level.abstraction) (L16)
- [history](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-history.record) (L7)
- [home](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-home.shelter) (L4)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*