# extent (spatial)

how much space matter has

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

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [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), [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance)

**Through:** space is where matter can be and boundary is where it ends, together they make how much space matter has.

**Novel properties:**
- volume
- spatial magnitude
- bounded region occupied

## Examples
- Mount Everest occupies a fixed area of the Himalayan range, defined by its base and peak coordinates. *(geography)*
- The Large Hadron Collider's 27-kilometer ring defines the spatial extent of the world's largest particle accelerator. *(engineering)*
- The Amazon Rainforest covers approximately 5.5 million square kilometers across nine South American countries. *(ecology)*

## Used by
- [along](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-along.spatial) (L13)
- [area](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-area.spatial) (L5)
- [length](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-length.spatial) (L4)
- [little](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-little.size) (L4)
- [local](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-local.spatial) (L4)
- [open](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-open.spatial) (L17)
- [see](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-see.visual) (L6)
- [small](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-small.size) (L4)
- [wide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-wide.spatial) (L4)

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