# size (measurement)

the space that a thing's matter is in

- Computed level: L2 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: measurement  ·  Arena: size

## 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:** the matter is in the space and the space together give the overall extent

**Novel properties:**
- overall extent
- comparative magnitude
- measureable amount

## Examples
- Mount Everest rises 8,848 meters above sea level, measured by the Survey of India in 1955. *(geography)*
- The Large Hadron Collider's tunnel spans 26.7 kilometers in circumference beneath the France-Switzerland border. *(engineering)*
- A blue whale's heart weighs about 180 kilograms, the largest of any known animal. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [amount](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-amount.quantity) (L8)
- [degree](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-degree.measurement) (L13)
- [dimension](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dimension.spatial) (L10)
- [dog](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-dog.animal) (L17)
- [increase](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-increase.quantity) (L3)
- [liquid](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-liquid.state) (L15)
- [low](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-low.spatial) (L5)
- [mature](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-mature.development) (L8)
- [measurement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-measurement.quantitative) (L12)
- [miles](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-miles.measurement) (L16)
- [precarious](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-precarious.unstable) (L15)
- [quantity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-quantity.numerical) (L7)
- [sand](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sand.material) (L10)
- [small](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-small.size) (L4)
- [unit](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-unit.measurement) (L5)
- [young](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-young.age) (L6)

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