# summary (text)

a written text that condenses the associated parts of a larger whole into a concise spatial arrangement.

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: language  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [relation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-relation.association), [structure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-structure.arrangement), [arrangement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-arrangement.spatial), [concise](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-concise.linguistic), [text](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-text.written), [large](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-large.size), [put](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-put.placement), [write](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-write.communication), [association](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-association.relation), [spatial](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-spatial.location), [whole](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-whole.complete)

**Through:** The associated parts of a large whole are placed into a concise spatial structure through written marks.

**Novel properties:**
- condensed informational form
- hierarchical part-to-whole mapping
- spatially organized brevity

## Examples
- The 2017 Wikipedia summary of 'quantum entanglement' condensed a 12-page peer-reviewed physics paper into three paragraphs. *(computing)*
- The executive summary of the 2008 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report distilled 1,439 pages of climate data into 20 bullet points. *(institutions)*
- CliffNotes published in 1958 reduced Shakespeare’s 3,000-word 'Hamlet' to a 500-word synopsis. *(publishing)*

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