# best (quality)

most good among others

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain:   ·  Arena: best

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [regular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regular.frequency), [good](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-good.moral), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities)

**Through:** they together compare many things and rank them to select the one that most exceeds the others

**Novel properties:**
- ranked superiority
- evaluative selection
- comparative excellence

## Examples
- The Toyota Prius consistently ranked highest in fuel efficiency among 2020 compact cars sold in the U.S. *(engineering)*
- Serena Williams won Wimbledon in 2015, making her the most decorated Grand Slam champion of her era. *(institutions)*
- AlphaFold 2 achieved the lowest error rate in protein structure prediction during CASP14 in 2020. *(computing)*

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