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the first wall that holds under a falling parameter, which is why the lowest point is also the first point a rebuild can anchor to.

Rock bottom (noun) means: the first wall that holds under a falling parameter, which is why the lowest point is also the first point a rebuild can anchor to. It emerges from parameter, fall, wall, hold: A parameter falls through window after window whose walls give; the fall ends at the first wall that holds, and because that wall bears weight, maintenance can restart against a fixed point instead of a moving one. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 20, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

rock-bottom.floor · forms: hit rock bottom, hitting rock bottom, rock bottom

ordinarily means: the lowest point in a bad stretch, from which the only way is up

Examples

Emergence

from: parameter fall wall hold first low weight maintenance
through: A parameter falls through window after window whose walls give; the fall ends at the first wall that holds, and because that wall bears weight, maintenance can restart against a fixed point instead of a moving one.

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inrock bottomL20 rock-bottom.floor: the first wall that holds under a falling parameter, which is why the lowest point is also the first point a rebuild can anchor to.keepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statespatialL17 spatial.location: related to where a thing is in spacestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placecontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.wallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therehighL4 high.spatial: When a thing is more up in space than most other things.systemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structurecarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.contactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.forceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionfallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.receiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placesetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.weightL19 weight.physical: how many other windows a thing holds openstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.giveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to otherschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarysomeoneL7 someone.person: any personinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.quantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingwindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.lowL5 low.spatial: that which has less size than another thingrelatedL4 related.association: When both things are about the same pattern.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.locationL16 location.spatial: a point where a thing is in spacegoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placemarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.resourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingprovideL8 provide.supply: to give something to someone so that they have itriseL3 rise.movement: When a thing moves up in space during time.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsdriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.openL18 open.spatial: a state where a boundary limit is absent, enabling something to move into spatial extentsubstanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratesfirstL4 first.order: the thing that is before every other thing in a setarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchgetL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.linksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingswayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacehappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarybigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfacepossibleL3 possible.potential: that can happendistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasenablesL16 enables.facilitation: to make something possible by providing a resource for it
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Neighborhood

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

built fromrock bottomL20rock-bottom.floor — the first wall that holds under a falling parameter, which is why the lowest point is also the first point a rebuild canparameterL4parameter.condition — A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.fallL3fall.gravity — When a thing moves down in space during time.wallL14wall.range-end — The value of a parameter at which a window ends.holdL13hold.physical — keep thing with touch and force so it does not movefirstL4first.order — the thing that is before every other thing in a setlowL5low.spatial — that which has less size than another thingweightL19weight.physical — how many other windows a thing holds openmaintenanceL14maintenance.upkeep — Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.

Provenance

author: claude-opus-5:hand-curated · date: 2026-08-22 · confidence: 0.8 · source: folk phrase — the self-model drifting