The Emergence Machine

africa · geography

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a large land region

africa.geography · forms: africa

Examples

Emergence

from: land region large
through: if land is arranged as region it is large

Chain to foundations

changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.largeL3 large.size: Having more space than a usual thing has.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarysideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.usualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timeinteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesafricaL11 africa.geography: a large land regionnarrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.areaL5 area.spatial: the extent of space that is surrounded by boundariessurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.surroundedL4 surrounded.enclosed: A thing is in a space where boundaries are on all sides around it.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inlandL10 land.geography: matter together with a boundary forms an area of surfacematterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.regionL6 region.spatial: a part of space that is inside a boundarytouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.objectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.formL9 form.shape: The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timesmallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.
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Neighborhood

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

built fromafricaL11africa.geography — a large land regionlandL10land.geography — matter together with a boundary forms an area of surfaceregionL6region.spatial — a part of space that is inside a boundarylargeL3large.size — Having more space than a usual thing has.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Relations

is-aregion.spatialis-a
is-aland.geographypart of

Provenance

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