press · force

to move an object until it is in contact with a surface

Press (verb) means: to move an object until it is in contact with a surface. It emerges from work, contact, motion, object: The work of moving an object through space results in physical contact between the object and a surface over time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 5, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield was pressed into its final layered configuration during deployment in orbit. engineering
• A thumb presses a thumbtack through paper into a bulletin board at 3.5 newtons of force. everyday life
• Tectonic plates press against the Mariana Trench, forcing oceanic crust into the mantle at centimeters per year. geophysics

Emergence

Chain to foundations

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

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