The Emergence Machine

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higher in space than another thing

above.spatial · forms: above

Examples

Emergence

from: high difference space
through: high.spatial and difference.relation work together within space.extent to locate one thing higher than another.

Chain to foundations

differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.aboveL5 above.spatial: higher in space than another thingriseL3 rise.movement: When a thing moves up in space during time.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.highL4 high.spatial: When a thing is more up in space than most other things.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromhillL10hill.geographic — a portion of matter that changes form into a structure rising above the surrounding spacefoundationL11foundation.structural — a window whose walls set the walls of every window above ituponL13upon.spatial — on a location that is above and touching another locationaboveL5above.spatial — higher in space than another thinghighL4high.spatial — When a thing is more up in space than most other things.differenceL1difference.relation — When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (3)

hillL10foundationL11uponL13

Relations

is-ahigh.spatialhigh.spatial
contrasts-withbelow.spatialbelow.spatial

Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6