# local (spatial)

in a place that is here

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: spatial  ·  Arena: local

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

**Through:** the place together with a limited spatial extent defines a region that is here

**Novel properties:**
- proximity to reference point
- bounded area

## Examples
- The city of Venice maintains a local water table that submerges ground floors during acqua alta events. *(geography)*
- The Large Hadron Collider keeps superconducting magnets at a local temperature of 1.9 K for beam stability. *(physics)*
- Farmers in Bali coordinate irrigation through local temples, sustaining subak water-sharing networks for centuries. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [county](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-county.administrative) (L10)
- [download](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-download.digital) (L10)
- [invasive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-invasive.system) (L17)
- [regional](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regional.spatial) (L7)
- [rich](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rich.abundant) (L15)

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