# include (addition)

to add a thing as a part of another thing

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

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

**Through:** adding a thing and marking it as a part of another thing together create the concept of inclusion

**Novel properties:**
- combined identity
- membership relation
- collective belonging

## Examples
- The International Space Station added Node 3 in 2010, integrating life support and exercise systems. *(engineering)*
- Python 3.5 added the '@' operator for matrix multiplication in its 2015 release. *(computing)*
- The 19th Amendment included women in the U.S. right to vote, ratified in 1920. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [entertainment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entertainment.leisure) (L15)
- [europe](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-europe.region) (L12)
- [library](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-library.information) (L18)
- [regret](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regret.emotional) (L16)

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