# total (quantity)

the number of all parts

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: total

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

**Through:** the parts are added together to make the number

**Novel properties:**
- completeness
- no missing part

## Examples
- The International Space Station has 158 solar array wings, totaling 25,000 square feet of active surface. *(engineering)*
- Walmart reported 2.3 million employees worldwide in its 2023 annual filing. *(economics)*
- The human body contains about 30 trillion human cells, not counting microbes. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [autonomy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-autonomy.self-governed) (L15)
- [enough](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-enough.sufficient) (L8)
- [nature](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-nature.ordinary) (L8)
- [overall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-overall.general) (L8)

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