least · comparative
the small quantity that is less than every other quantity
Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, uses 23 watts—less than any other deep-space transmitter still active. engineering
- In 2023, Tuvalu had a GDP of $57 million, the least of any UN member nation. economics
- The electron has the least mass of any charged particle, at 9.1 × 10⁻³¹ kg. physics
Emergence
through: When quantities are compare and one is less than all the others
- extreme minimality
- superlative rank
Chain to foundations
as tree
- leastL8
- smallL4
- quantityL7
- numberL6
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- distinctL3
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- othersL2
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- timeL0 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- othersL2 (shown above)
- spaceL0 (shown above)
- marksL5
- differenceL1 (shown above)
- partL1
- changeL1 (shown above)
- patternL0 (shown above)
- surfaceL4
- sizeL2 (shown above)
- numberL6
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.