# multiple (quantity)

more than one thing

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

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

**Through:** the quantity is more than one

**Novel properties:**
- plurality
- greater-than-one

## Examples
- The International Space Station requires multiple resupply missions each year to sustain its crew and operations. *(engineering)*
- E. coli bacteria reproduce by binary fission, yielding multiple cells from a single parent in under 20 minutes. *(biology)*
- The 2008 financial crisis revealed multiple failing mortgage-backed securities across global banking systems. *(economics)*

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