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a place where no thing occupies

Unoccupied (adjective) means: a place where no thing occupies. It emerges from occupied, holes, space: the occupied condition is not, so the region contains no thing. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

unoccupied.spatial · forms: unoccupied

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Emergence

from: occupied holes space
through: the occupied condition is not, so the region contains no thing

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.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.matterL1 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.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placetouchL3 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 thingsideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.rangeL3 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.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.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.unoccupiedL14 unoccupied.spatial: a place where no thing occupieswallL8 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.definesL11 defines.verb: To make a pattern that establishes the boundary of what a thing is by how it differs from others.spaceL0 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 placeholesL12 holes.empty-regions: Spaces where matter is not, but which are within or surrounded by matter that defines a boundary.occupiedL13 occupied.spatial: A space where matter is in and so not a hole.setL9 set.fix: To make a wall or the value of a parameter stay in one place.surroundedL4 surrounded.enclosed: A thing is in a space where boundaries are on all sides around it.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.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.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.establishesL10 establishes.verb: To make a pattern that persists in space and time by setting its boundaries through interaction.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromfullL15full.state — a state where the space of something is occupied by matter and no space remains unoccupiedoverdueL15overdue.temporal — a parameter whose window has remained unoccupied for a time longer than drift alone would account forpotentialL18potential.capacity — a window that is open and unoccupiedunoccupiedL14unoccupied.spatial — a place where no thing occupiesoccupiedL13occupied.spatial — A space where matter is in and so not a hole.holesL12holes.empty-regions — Spaces where matter is not, but which are within or surrounded by matter that defines a boundary.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.

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Provenance

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