# none (quantity)

no amount of a thing

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: none

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

**Through:** difference.relation applied to amount.quantity is no amount of the thing

**Novel properties:**
- no amount
- no part

## Examples
- The Voyager 1 probe carries no propellant for trajectory corrections after its 1980 Saturn flyby, relying on precise initial momentum. *(spaceflight)*
- In 2023, the Dutch town of Zwolle recorded zero bicycle thefts in January due to a temporary surge in community patrols. *(urban_safety)*
- The Java 8 runtime environment contains no native code for PowerPC processors, limiting its execution on older Apple hardware. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [nothing](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nothing.absence) (L10)

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*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*