# foreign (geographic)

different from here

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [difference](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-difference.relation), [location](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-location.spatial)

**Through:** others that are different from this location together are not here

**Novel properties:**
- outside belonging
- different origin

## Examples
- The International Space Station orbits Earth, a structure built and operated by multiple nations not native to space. *(engineering)*
- In 2020, New Zealand imposed a travel ban on all foreign nationals during the COVID-19 border closure. *(institutions)*
- The Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light-years away, is a foreign galaxy to the Milky Way. *(astronomy)*

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