# STATE_MACHINE

> Machine declaration · makes a lifetime or a derived-state set explicit

Record: `pag:keyword-state-machine-state-machine`
Kind: keyword
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/grammar#pag-keyword-state-machine-state-machine

Listed in [Grammar records](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/pag.md), after [SWAP](https://banes-lab.com/records/pag/keyword-coordination-swap.md) and before [STATE](https://banes-lab.com/records/pag/keyword-state-machine-state.md).

## Grounds

- [representation:dynamical-systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/representation-dynamical-systems.md)