# occupied (spatial)

A space where matter is in and so not a hole.

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

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

**Through:** Matter comes into a place so the place is no longer a hole.

**Novel properties:**
- matter filling the space
- absence of empty region

## Examples
- The International Space Station occupies volume in low Earth orbit, displacing vacuum with pressurized modules and equipment. *(engineering)*
- Mount Everest occupies a region of the Himalayas, composed of rock and ice that resists atmospheric displacement. *(geography)*
- A neutron star occupies a sphere roughly 20 kilometers wide, packing more mass than the Sun into degenerate matter. *(astrophysics)*

## Used by
- [actuality](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-actuality.state) (L9)
- [authenticity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-authenticity.state) (L15)
- [full](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-full.state) (L10)
- [harmony](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-harmony.relational) (L15)
- [national](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-national.political) (L9)
- [unoccupied](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-unoccupied.spatial) (L9)

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