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Having a small range between boundaries.

Narrow (adjective) means: Having a small range between boundaries. It emerges from small, range, boundary: Two boundaries close together leave little room between them. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 5, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

narrow.spatial · forms: narrow, narrowed, narrower, narrowing, narrows

Examples

Emergence

from: small range boundary
through: Two boundaries close together leave little room between them.

Chain to foundations

extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hassizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is indifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.
full chain as text (23 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used by — 59 more not shownbuilt fromorderL8order.arrangement — a parameter whose window is narrowreliefL8relief.emergent — The window of a parameter widening after having been narrow.ruptureL9rupture.structural — A wall ending because the window narrows to meet the parameter.bottleneckL10bottleneck.constraint — a parameter whose window is narrower than every other parameter's, so it alone sets the system's rangecertaintyL10certainty.epistemic — a model whose predicted range is narrowtruthL10truth.epistemic — A parameter whose window is narrower than the model it represents, such that the model stays within the bounds of what cbrinkL12brink.edge — a parameter whose window is narrower than those of related things, such that its wall is near the current value and smalconstraintL12constraint.limiting — A wall placed deliberately, narrowing a window to keep drift inside it.narrowL5narrow.spatial — Having a small range between boundaries.smallL4small.size — a thing that is less extent than most other thingsrangeL3range.spatial — the space between two boundariesboundaryL2boundary.limit — The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.

Used by (67)

orderL8reliefL8ruptureL9bottleneckL10certaintyL10truthL10brinkL12constraintL12inertiaL12marginalL12strainL12symmetry versus regularity licenceL12delicateL13gripL13formL14fragileL14groundL14sandbaggingL14scaleL14chilling effectL15confidenceL15deferred maintenanceL15factor of safetyL15fearL15groupthinkL15precariousL15safetyL15table stakesL15tragedy of the commonsL15citizens firstL16delayL16essenceL16good enoughL16locals onlyL16our borders our rulesL16paper tigerL16perfectionismL16rhythmL16risk appetiteL16scarL16sick man of europeL16strategic industryL16buy localL17real peopleL17self-sufficientL17fear and greedL18flight to safetyL18frozenL18keystoneL18missing the forest for the treesL18necessityL18no free openingsL18painting yourself into a cornerL18parasitismL18pureL18slackL18thawL18trimming the fatL18vergeL18country in declineL19economic nationalismL19insightL19law-abiding citizensL19lost decadeL19the compression claimL19crisis of confidenceL20golden ageL21

Relations

contrasts-withwide.spatialthe two widths of a range

Provenance

author: hand · date: 2026-07-31 · confidence: 1.0