# site (location)

a place that has boundaries and where things happen

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: site  ·  Arena: lexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [setting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-setting.contextual), [happen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-happen.event-occurrence)

**Through:** The extent, boundary, and setting together enable occurrences by defining a contained, situated locus where changes unfold.

**Novel properties:**
- bounded occurrence
- situated change
- stable locus for events

## Examples
- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant released radiation after the 2011 tsunami disabled cooling systems. *(engineering)*
- Yellowstone National Park spans 3,468 square miles where geothermal events shape ecosystems. *(geography)*
- The Large Hadron Collider at CERN accelerates particles to 99.999999% of light speed in a 27-km ring. *(physics)*

## Used by
- [homepage](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-homepage.web) (L17)
- [map](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-map.spatial) (L8)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-site.location.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*