# details (information)

a piece of information that is about a part of something

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [piece](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-piece.portion), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation)

**Through:** the piece of information is about a part of something, together producing an element of knowledge

**Novel properties:**
- specific focus
- contextual relevance

## Examples
- The 2008 financial crisis revealed a missing detail: many mortgage-backed securities contained high-risk loans misclassified as safe. *(economics)*
- The Mars Climate Orbiter burned up because engineering teams used different units—pound-seconds vs. newton-seconds—for thruster details. *(engineering)*
- Watson and Crick’s DNA model succeeded only after they included Franklin’s X-ray diffraction detail showing a helical pitch of 3.4 Å. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [noun](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-noun.language) (L10)
- [particular](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-particular.specific) (L8)
- [profile](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-profile.personal) (L9)

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