# lot (quantity)

a large quantity of something

- Computed level: L8 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: general  ·  Arena: lot

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

**Through:** the quantity is larger than a usual quantity

**Novel properties:**
- relative magnitude
- perceived abundance

## Examples
- The Amazon rainforest recycles 20 billion tons of water daily through transpiration. *(biology)*
- The 2020 Beirut explosion released energy equivalent to 1.1 kilotons of TNT. *(physics)*
- The Linux kernel had over 28 million lines of code in 2023. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [fast](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fast.speed) (L9)

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