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Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.

Others (noun) means: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one. It emerges from space, time, pattern, difference: Things occupy different places in space and time, and their patterns differ, so they are not one thing. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

others.distinct-entities · forms: others

Examples

Emergence

from: space time pattern difference
through: Things occupy different places in space and time, and their patterns differ, so they are not one thing.

Chain to foundations

differenceL1 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.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 86 more not shownbuilt fromaloneL3alone.state — a state where it is in a place and no others are in that placecollectiveL3collective.group — A pattern of others that are together in a place and change each other over time.commonL3common.general — a thing that is regular and is among many othersdistinctL3distinct.attribute — a thing is not the same as another thinggeneralL3general.broad — a thing that is about many other thing and not about one thinglikeL3like.similarity — When a thing has the same pattern as another thing.setsL3sets.grouped — A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about themspecificL3specific.detail — that which does not differ from the thing it is about and is not othersothersL2others.distinct-entities — Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0pattern.regularity — That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.differenceL1difference.relation — When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.

Used by (94)

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Relations

contrasts-withdifference.relationothers differ from a reference self
abstractspattern.regularityothers have patterns that can be recognized and distinguished

Provenance

author: openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507 · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6