usual · common

a thing that is regular in its occurrence over time

Usual (adjective) means: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over time. It emerges from pattern, time, regular: pattern.regularity and time.dimension together allow regular.frequency to emerge, producing a sense of usual occurrence. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, maintaining this schedule for over 20 years. engineering
• Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to central Mexico each autumn, a pattern observed for decades. biology
• The New York Stock Exchange opens at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on weekdays, a schedule kept since 1817. institutions

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

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