along · spatial
to go in a line that follows the extent of a thing
Examples
- The Trans-Siberian Railway runs along the southern edge of the Siberian taiga for over 9,000 kilometers. engineering
- The Nile flows along the eastern margin of the Sahara Desert, sustaining cities from Aswan to Cairo. geography
- Fiber-optic cables run along the seabed of the North Atlantic, carrying data between New York and London. computing
Emergence
through: the movement follows the extent, tracing a line in spatial continuity
- directional continuity
- spatial adjacency
- sequential alignment
Chain to foundations
as tree
- alongL13
- goL3
- lineL12
- setsL3
- patternL0 (shown above)
- othersL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- timeL0 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1
- patternL0 (shown above)
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- changeL1 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- arrangementL3
- pointsL2
- regularL1
- setsL3
- extentL3
- followsL9
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.