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demand for a resource exceeding the rate at which it enters the window

Scarcity (noun) means: demand for a resource exceeding the rate at which it enters the window. It emerges from enter, resource, window, rate: The spatial entry rate of a resource through a window is evaluated, and when demand surpasses it, scarcity emerges as a condition. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 16, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

scarcity.condition · forms: scarcity

Examples

Emergence

from: enter resource window rate
through: The spatial entry rate of a resource through a window is evaluated, and when demand surpasses it, scarcity emerges as a condition.

Chain to foundations

nothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryforceL12 force.push: a press of matter that results in a change in motionsingleL4 single.quantity: one thing that is aloneflowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.rateL6 rate.speed: How much a parameter changes in each unit of time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.systemL5 system.organized: a set of parts that interact together in a structuremotionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.holdL13 hold.physical: keep thing with touch and force so it does not movecontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.broughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thinghappenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.aloneL3 alone.state: a state where it is in a place and no others are in that placescarcityL16 scarcity.condition: demand for a resource exceeding the rate at which it enters the windowlinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsmakeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placeresourceL15 resource.material: output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.substanceL12 substance.material: what remains through the drift a window toleratesstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placequantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacekeepL5 keep.maintenance: to make something persist in a place or statefallL3 fall.gravity: When a thing moves down in space during time.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinginsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarytimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.pressL5 press.force: to move an object until it is in contact with a surfaceworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spacecarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.wayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spaceoffL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is theresetsL3 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.unitL5 unit.measurement: one thing with sizewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is indifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeenterL3 enter.spatial: to move into a placedriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.maintenanceL14 maintenance.upkeep: Work that holds the parameters of a thing inside its window.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numbertouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromscarcityL16scarcity.condition — demand for a resource exceeding the rate at which it enters the windowenterL3enter.spatial — to move into a placeresourceL15resource.material — output falling within the input window of a nearby system. The same substance, different neighbourhood.windowL7window.range — The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.rateL6rate.speed — How much a parameter changes in each unit of time.

Relations

enablesfeedback.communicationfeedback can regulate demand
contrasts-withmaintenance.upkeepscarcity resists maintenance of stable ratio
contrasts-withparameter.conditionparameter persists within window, scarcity shows parameter pressure
contrasts-withresource.materialresource enters window, scarcity occurs when flow low
contrasts-withflux.ratehigh flux prevents scarcity, low flux enables

Provenance

author: retrofit:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.8 · source: Sample/hundred-words-six-terms.md