A neme is.....

Neme is a neologism coined by Michael Josefowicz, Dibyendu De, Sean Grainger and Daniel Durrant in 2010.
The name was chosen for two reasons. First that it rhymes with gene and meme which points to the fact that physical space and cognitive space are inseparable to describe living complex systems.  The other reason is the NEME is an acronym for Notice, Engage. Mull. Exchange which is a general model of learning.

From the analytic point of view a Neme is an evolving bounded network part of a network of evolving bounded networks.  The idea is  similar to set theory with the added notion that within the boundaries energy is transformed. Once transformed it is transmitted both inside and outside the boundary.

Visualization
Each neme - bounded network - evolves.  The shape of a neme is not well visualized as a sphere. It is more like an ameoba.  Under some conditions the shape of the neme gets smaller. Under different conditions it gets a larger. Sometimes there is a bump in the boundary. Under certain conditions the boundary of the neme cracks.  Sometimes the cracks open far enough to fracture the boundary. It is like an small earthquake along a fault or a large earthquake that opens the ground.  (The ground is the boundary of the earth. In that sense the earth itself is a neme.