process · general

A set of changes that occur in something over time.

Process (noun) means: A set of changes that occur in something over time. It emerges from change, time, occurs, sets: Changes occur in time together as events, grouped into a coherent pattern over time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Mississippi River delta grows by 100 square kilometers per century due to sediment deposition from seasonal floods. geology
• The Linux kernel evolved from 10,000 lines of code in 1991 to over 28 million lines by 2023 through distributed development. computing
• The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 restructured European sovereignty, ending the Thirty Years' War and formalizing state borders. institutions

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

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Provenance