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  "id": "space.extent",
  "term": "space",
  "sense": "extent",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "published",
  "level": 0,
  "arena": "E0",
  "domain": "foundation",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": null,
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    {
      "text": "The International Space Station maintains orbit in low Earth space, 400 km above the surface, due to continuous adjustments.",
      "domain": "engineering"
    },
    {
      "text": "In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles redrew national borders, creating new geopolitical space in Europe.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The vacuum between Earth and the Moon, averaging 384,400 km, allows orbital mechanics to govern their motion.",
      "domain": "physics"
    }
  ],
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    "across.spatial",
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    "birds-eye-view.abstraction",
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    "body.physical",
    "boundary.limit",
    "box.container",
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    "brought.past-tense",
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    "bush.plant",
    "calendar.tool",
    "car.transport",
    "carrying.transporting",
    "casino.entertainment",
    "center.location",
    "central.location",
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    "forum.social",
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    "frozen.state",
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    "furniture.home",
    "further.degree",
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    "golf.sport",
    "government.administrative",
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    "home.shelter",
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    "reference.citation",
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    "round.shape",
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    "see.visual",
    "send.communication",
    "setting.contextual",
    "shape.geometric",
    "shelter.protection",
    "shipping.transport",
    "shop.commercial",
    "site.location",
    "size.measurement",
    "skill.ability",
    "source.origin",
    "south.direction",
    "spatial.location",
    "state.condition",
    "storage.physical",
    "store.place",
    "street.path",
    "structure.arrangement",
    "stuff.material",
    "support.assistance",
    "surrounded.enclosed",
    "surroundings.environment",
    "take.acquisition",
    "test.assessment",
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    "volume.spatial",
    "way.method",
    "weather.atmospheric",
    "welcome.greeting",
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    "western.directional",
    "wheel.tool",
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    "work.effort",
    "world.place",
    "zip.movement"
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  "forms": [
    "around",
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    "places",
    "space",
    "spaces"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "hand",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 1.0
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent"
}