# close (spatial)

having little space between two things

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: spatial  ·  Arena: close.spatial

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [little](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-little.size)

**Through:** space.extent and difference.relation together make the amount of space between things small

**Novel properties:**
- proximity
- small separation
- bounded distance

## Examples
- The plates of the San Andreas Fault are within meters of each other, causing frequent seismic activity near Los Angeles. *(geology)*
- In Tokyo Station, platform edges are less than 10 cm from the train doors, minimizing gaps for safety. *(engineering)*
- Neurons in the human brain can be separated by synapses as narrow as 20 nanometers, enabling rapid signal transmission. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [despair](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-despair.state) (L15)
- [hope](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hope.emotional) (L15)
- [possibility](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-possibility.potential) (L14)
- [pressure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pressure.ontological) (L18)
- [thaw](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thaw.recovery) (L18)
- [the compression claim](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-compression-claim.assertion) (L12)

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