The Emergence Machine

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in the direction that go to a location

Toward (adjective) means: in the direction that go to a location. It emerges from direction, location: direction.spatial and location.spatial together point where go would move to the location. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 12, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

toward.spatial · forms: toward, towards

Examples

Emergence

from: direction location
through: direction.spatial and location.spatial together point where go would move to the location

Chain to foundations

marksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.towardL12 toward.spatial: in the direction that go to a locationmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.valueL7 value.magnitude: The number a parameter has at a time.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timelocationL10 location.spatial: a point where a thing is in spacetouchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariespatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.point of no returnL9 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.directionL11 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goesboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundaryarrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.wallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.lineL10 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placesurfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placewindowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a place
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Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

used by — 11 more not shownbuilt fromapproachL13approach.spatial — to move toward somethingfrontL13front.spatial — the side of a thing that is toward the first directiongolfL13golf.sport — a game where people use a tool to move an object toward a hole with as few actions as possiblethanksL13thanks.social — A polite action directed toward anotherunstableL13unstable.condition — drift accelerates toward a wall on its ownviableL13viable.functional — a parameter whose drift is moving toward the center of its windowwelcomeL13welcome.greeting — to receive someone entering a place and act politely toward themgayL14gay.sexual — a person who has love toward people of the same sextowardL12toward.spatial — in the direction that go to a locationdirectionL11direction.spatial — a line that a thing points to as it goeslocationL10location.spatial — a point where a thing is in space

Used by (19)

approachL13frontL13golfL13thanksL13unstableL13viableL13welcomeL13gayL14balanceL15corruptionL15decayL15dissonanceL15factor of safetyL15stableL15westernL15doomedL16shooting the messengerL16fear indexL18right side of historyL19

Relations

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Provenance

author: openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b · date: 2026-07-29 · confidence: 0.6