sep · verb

to cause a thing to be apart

Sep (verb) means: to cause a thing to be apart. It emerges from difference, boundary, cause: difference.relation together with boundary.limit and cause.reason bring about a thing being apart. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Panama Canal's locks separate Atlantic and Pacific ocean waters despite sea-level differences. engineering
• In 2008, Iceland's financial collapse severed its currency from European stability networks. economics
• The Great Rift Valley formed as tectonic plates pulled apart, creating a physical divide across East Africa. geology

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

Relations

Provenance