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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.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

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.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.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.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromaloneL3alone.state — a state where it is in a place and no others are in that placecommonL3common.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.politeL3polite.social — state that respect otherssetsL3sets.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.E0 concrete → E14 abstract

Used by (65)

aloneL3commonL3distinctL3generalL3likeL3politeL3setsL3specificL3contactL4controlL4dateL4entitiesL4itemsL4littleL4marchL4searchL4chargedL5everythingL5groupsL5individualL5definesL6friendlyL6numberL6peopleL6privateL6securityL6styleL6winL6anyoneL7bestL7careL7giveL7personalL7selfL7someoneL7advertiseL8identifierL8particularL8saidL8saysL8shareL8baseL9blogL9rightsL9talkL9chooseL10elseL10leadL10publishedL10specialL10groundL11thankL11scoreL12advertisingL13foreignL13visitL13contractL14guideL14harmonyL15portL15prideL15privacyL15statusL15competitionL16serverL18

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