# near (spatial)

when the space between two things is less

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: spatial  ·  Arena: near

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

**Through:** a small space between things reduces their difference, creating a close relation

**Novel properties:**
- small spatial gap
- minimal separation
- perceived proximity

## Examples
- The International Space Station passed within 400 kilometers of the Hubble Space Telescope during a 2009 servicing mission. *(engineering)*
- In 2016, Proxima Centauri was measured to be 4.24 light-years from the Solar System, the nearest known star to the Sun. *(astronomy)*
- A foraging bee returns to its hive within a 5-kilometer radius after locating a patch of blooming lavender. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [almost](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-almost.approximation) (L4)
- [brink](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brink.edge) (L12)
- [comfortable](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-comfortable.central) (L14)
- [danger](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-danger.condition) (L19)
- [extreme](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-extreme.position) (L12)
- [margin](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-margin.spatial) (L11)
- [marginal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-marginal.spatial) (L12)
- [moderation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-moderation.central) (L13)
- [strain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-strain.measurable-degradation) (L12)

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