# whole (complete)

All the parts of something

- Computed level: L3 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: definition

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

**Through:** The parts together are all the thing

**Novel properties:**
- full
- complete

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains orbit through continuous micro-adjustments by gyroscopes and thrusters. *(engineering)*
- The human circulatory system delivers oxygen using a network of vessels, heart, and blood working in concert. *(biology)*
- The 2020 US Census aimed to count every resident to form a complete demographic picture of the nation. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [basic](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-basic.simple) (L14)
- [critical mass](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-critical-mass.threshold) (L15)
- [division](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-division.process) (L5)
- [going viral](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-going-viral.excess) (L15)
- [greater than the sum](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-greater-than-the-sum.excess) (L10)
- [groundswell](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-groundswell.emergence) (L12)
- [in sync](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-in-sync.harmony) (L8)
- [missing the forest for the trees](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-missing-the-forest-for-the-trees.abstraction) (L18)
- [network effect](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-network-effect.threshold) (L14)
- [on the same wavelength](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-on-the-same-wavelength.resonance) (L11)
- [overall](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-overall.general) (L8)
- [pure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pure.state) (L18)
- [sample](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sample.material) (L11)
- [summary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-summary.text) (L14)
- [union](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-union.group) (L6)
- [word of mouth](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-word-of-mouth.excess) (L11)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-whole.complete*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-whole.complete.json*  
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