# enter (spatial)

to move into a place

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

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

**Through:** motion moves across a boundary into a spatial region

**Novel properties:**
- entry event
- interior access
- position change relative to enclosure

## Examples
- The International Space Station crossed Earth's atmospheric boundary at 8 km/s during its 1998 launch. *(spaceflight)*
- In 2015, refugee caravans entered Greece through the border checkpoint at Idomeni. *(migration)*
- Water flowed into the flooded streets of New Orleans after levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina. *(disaster)*

## Used by
- [entry](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entry.place) (L13)
- [scarcity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scarcity.condition) (L16)
- [welcome](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-welcome.greeting) (L15)

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