The Emergence Machine

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has less space extent than most others

little.size · forms: little, littler, littlest

Examples

Emergence

from: extent difference big others space
through: When a thing's space extent differs by being less than that of most others, the relation of smallness emerges.

Chain to foundations

extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used bybuilt fromcloseL5close.spatial — having little space between two thingsrecentL5recent.temporal — a thing that happened since a little time before nowyoungL6young.age — being of little size and recent in timeeasyL7easy.effort — a state that requires little workblackL8black.color — a visual state of a thing that is an exact mark of little intensitybushL16bush.plant — a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in spacelittleL4little.size — has less space extent than most othersextentL3extent.spatial — how much space matter hasdifferenceL1difference.relation — When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.bigL2big.size — Having much space; more space than another thing has.othersL2others.distinct-entities — Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (6)

closeL5recentL5youngL6easyL7blackL8bushL16

Relations

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6