# randomness (unpredictable)

When things happen without a regular pattern over time or space.

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: EmergenceLexicon

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

**Through:** Events occur in space and time without following a regular pattern.

**Novel properties:**
- unpredictability
- lack of pattern

## Used by
- [uncertainty](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-uncertainty.epistemic) (L8)

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