# western (directional)

the part of a place that is toward the west

- Computed level: L16 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: western

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [west](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-west.direction), [toward](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-toward.spatial), [part](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-part.relation), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** west direction together with toward spatial marks the side of a place that faces west

**Novel properties:**
- orientation toward sunset
- relative positioning in a region
- asymmetric spatial division

## Examples
- The sun sets behind the Sierra Nevada mountains as seen from downtown Los Angeles. *(geography)*
- The western wing of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor building faced the Pacific Ocean during the 2011 tsunami. *(engineering)*
- In 1849, gold seekers boarded ships in San Francisco bound for the western edge of the Australian goldfields. *(history)*

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