Principia Cybernetica Web (C)

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Author: Joslyn, Heylighen, Turchin,

Date: AUG 1992

Consolidation

(isa): metasystem transition

(has-properties): rigid, high-scale

(example): crystallization

Synopsis: A rigid, high-scale metasystem transition. Aggregation processes in physical systems are examples of consolidation metasystem transitions, in which the constraint on large number of subsystems increases, creating organized states of matter.