# center (location)

the part of a space that is just between the boundaries

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: center

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [just](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-just.exact)

**Through:** a part of a space is just between the boundaries

**Novel properties:**
- equidistance
- symmetry point

## Examples
- The calm eye of Hurricane Katrina, observed at 30.2°N, 89.1°W, remained centered over the Gulf for 12 hours before landfall. *(meteorology)*
- The Large Hadron Collider's beam pipe maintains proton streams centered within 0.02 millimeters across 27 kilometers. *(engineering)*
- Kyoto's historic Nijō Castle garden places the central pond exactly midway between its northern and southern walls. *(architecture)*

## Used by
- [central](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-central.location) (L4)
- [focus](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-focus.attention) (L4)
- [main](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-main.primary) (L7)
- [mid](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-mid.spatial) (L4)
- [round](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-round.shape) (L14)
- [self](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-self.personal) (L7)
- [viable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-viable.functional) (L15)
- [washington](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-washington.city) (L12)
- [wheel](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wheel.tool) (L15)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-center.location*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-center.location.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*