state · condition
Ask Prometheusa pattern of a thing that persists through time in a place
State (noun) means: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a place. It emerges from pattern, persist, space, time: the pattern of a thing continues while it stays in a place during time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- Earth's magnetic field has kept its present polarity since the last full reversal, roughly 780,000 years ago. geophysics
- A frozen pond stays in the solid state all winter, as long as the water's temperature stays below 0 °C. physics
Emergence
through: the pattern of a thing continues while it stays in a place during time
- location‑specific condition
- temporal continuity
- identifiable configuration
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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