# below (spatial)

at a location that is lower than another location

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: dictionary

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [direction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-direction.spatial), [location](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-location.spatial), [low](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-low.spatial)

**Through:** direction and a sense of relative height position one location beneath another

**Novel properties:**
- relative vertical position
- spatial superiority/inferiority
- hierarchical placement in space

## Examples
- The wreck of the RMS Titanic rests at a depth of 3,800 meters in the North Atlantic Ocean. *(geography)*
- In 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi reactor cores melted through their containment vessels during the nuclear disaster. *(engineering)*
- Roots of the California redwoods extend up to 3 meters below the forest floor to access groundwater. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [abstraction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-abstraction.process) (L16)
- [autonomy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-autonomy.self-governed) (L15)
- [emergent](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-emergent.window) (L17)
- [neglect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-neglect.omission) (L15)
- [no free openings](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-no-free-openings.no-openings) (L18)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-below.spatial*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-below.spatial.json*  
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