The Emergence Machine

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to make something change by acting on it

Use (verb) means: to make something change by acting on it. It emerges from change, device, make, act: a control acts through a device to make a change, organizing the components into a directed transformation. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 6, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

use.application · forms: use, used, uses, using

Examples

Emergence

from: change device make act
through: a control acts through a device to make a change, organizing the components into a directed transformation.

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.actL3 act.deed: do somethinginteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.useL6 use.application: to make something change by acting on itdeviceL5 device.tool: A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.
full chain as text (44 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used by — 55 more not shownbuilt fromavailableL7available.accessible — free for get or use noweffortL7effort.general — the use of energy to make a change in somethingelectronicsL7electronics.electrical — devices that use electricity to change information with parts in a structurefoodL7food.nutrient — a product that can be used for energyhardwareL7hardware.physical — it is matter with a structure that can be used in devicesmainL7main.primary — that part of a thing which is the center and is most usedprofitL7profit.economic — a difference where more is than less after make and usestorageL7storage.physical — a place where matter is kept for later useuseL6use.application — to make something change by acting on itchangeL1change.process — When a thing is not the same after as it was before.deviceL5device.tool — A thing made of matter in which energy flows through a structure to do some change.makeL4make.verb — Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.actL3act.deed — do something

Used by (63)

availableL7effortL7electronicsL7foodL7hardwareL7mainL7profitL7storageL7suppliesL7userL7businessL8technologyL8buyL9equipmentL9phoneL9servicesL9talkL9applicationL10faxL10internetL10storeL10computerL11conciseL11englishL11streetL11termsL11wirelessL11measurementL12golfL13standardL13treatmentL13valueL13warL13cableL14carL14metersL14toysL14autoL15denialL15lifeL15reinventing yourselfL15cartL16deterrenceL16policyL16rentalL16shooting the messengerL16track record speaks for itselfL16bankL17capitalL17discussionL17economicL17exampleL17financeL17governanceL17pokerL17copyrightL18militaryL18national championL18screenL18economic nationalismL19proL21smithL22technicalL23

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6