# portion (share)

a part of a thing that has its own boundary

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: portion

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

**Through:** the part is enclosed by a boundary, forming a distinct piece

**Novel properties:**
- own identity
- specific share

## Examples
- The 2020 California wildfire season consumed 4.3 million acres, over 4% of the state's total land area. *(environment)*
- The Amazon Rainforest covers 5.5 million square kilometers, about 34% of South America's landmass. *(geography)*
- The U.S. federal budget allocated $778 billion to defense spending in 2022, roughly 15% of total expenditures. *(economics)*

## Used by
- [average](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-average.statistical) (L9)
- [bay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bay.geographic) (L15)
- [hill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-hill.geographic) (L10)
- [minutes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-minutes.temporal) (L6)
- [print](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-print.material) (L13)
- [rock](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rock.material) (L14)
- [second](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-second.temporal) (L4)
- [share](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-share.distribution) (L8)
- [thread](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thread.material) (L18)
- [week](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-week.temporal) (L5)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-portion.share.json*  
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