# way (method)

a link of one place to another through space

- Computed level: L9 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent), [links](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-links.connection)

**Through:** the connection ties two places together, giving a route through space.

**Novel properties:**
- spatial relationship
- navigable path

## Examples
- The Silk Road connected Xian to Constantinople, spanning 4,000 miles across mountain and desert. *(history)*
- The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, maintaining a fixed path through space. *(astronomy)*
- The Panama Canal links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through a 50-mile engineered waterway. *(engineering)*

## Used by
- [course](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-course.path) (L10)
- [distribution](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-distribution.economic) (L10)
- [drift](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-drift.aimless) (L11)
- [else](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-else.other) (L10)
- [guide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-guide.person) (L14)
- [means](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-means.method) (L10)
- [media](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-media.communication) (L10)
- [methods](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-methods.process) (L10)
- [performance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-performance.quality) (L12)
- [regularity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-regularity.pattern) (L10)
- [solution](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-solution.answer) (L10)

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