Emergent Property (glossary)
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property of a system that is meaningful only at higher levels of the organization of a system and results from increased complexity at higher levels -- adapted from (Checkland 1999, p. 78)
Source(s)
Checkland, Peter. 1999. Systems Thinking, Systems Practice. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Discussion
Also, see definition of emergence and the Emergence article.