# inside (spatial)

in the space that is within an object's boundary

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

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

**Through:** the boundary of an object limits a region of space, and being within that region constitutes being inside.

**Novel properties:**
- contained spatial region
- interiority
- bounded enclosure

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains a pressurized interior where astronauts live and work in Earth-like atmospheric conditions. *(engineering)*
- Mitochondria contain a matrix inside their inner membrane where the Krebs cycle produces ATP. *(biology)*
- The containment building at Fukushima Daiichi surrounded reactor cores with steel and concrete to confine radioactive material. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [alive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-alive.biological) (L15)
- [box](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-box.container) (L15)
- [capacity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-capacity.size) (L11)
- [case](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-case.container) (L6)
- [comfort zone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comfort-zone.named) (L15)
- [constraint](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-constraint.limiting) (L12)
- [container](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-container.object) (L6)
- [content](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-content.material) (L6)
- [contradiction](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-contradiction.logical) (L11)
- [doomed](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-doomed.inevitable) (L16)
- [exhaustion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exhaustion.capacity) (L15)
- [exterior](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-exterior.spatial) (L13)
- [healthy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-healthy.condition) (L15)
- [house](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-house.dwelling) (L8)
- [legacy code](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-legacy-code.unmeasured) (L15)
- [maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-maintenance.upkeep) (L14)
- [obsolete](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-obsolete.inactive) (L15)
- [outside](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-outside.spatial) (L6)
- [package](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-package.container) (L7)
- [paradox](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-paradox.ontological) (L11)
- [private](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-private.social) (L6)
- [region](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-region.spatial) (L6)
- [resilience](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-resilience.recovery-rate) (L15)
- [scaffold](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scaffold.temporary) (L15)
- [security](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-security.safety) (L6)
- [town](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-town.settlement) (L8)
- [window exit versus removed part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-window-exit-versus-removed-part.distinction) (L15)

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