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has more space extent than usual

Wide (adjective) means: has more space extent than usual. It emerges from space, large, extent, usual: space extent is more than usual size. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

wide.spatial · forms: wide, wider, widest

Examples

Emergence

from: space large extent usual
through: space extent is more than usual size

Chain to foundations

largeL3 large.size: Having more space than a usual thing has.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasusualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timeenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.patternL0 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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.wideL4 wide.spatial: has more space extent than usualregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timechangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.
full chain as text (28 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used by — 25 more not shownbuilt fromrobustL8robust.resilient — a parameter whose window is widemediumL9medium.level — a parameter whose window is wide enough that what passes through it is unchangedpermanenceL12permanence.enduring — a window wide relative to every drift that can reach itdelicateL13delicate.window — a parameter whose window is narrow for performance but wide for existencescaleL14scale.parameter — A parameter whose window is narrower than another parameter, so that drift in the thing appears greater when observed thdoubtL15doubt.epistemic — a model reporting its own range as wide, which is why it tracks accuracy rather than opposing it.humilityL15humility.calibrated — a self-model whose reported window is at least as wide as the range it actually holds, the one report that cannot say molearned helplessnessL15learned-helplessness.under — A self-model that reports its reach as nothing after acting changed nothing, so it does not act where its reach is wide.wideL4wide.spatial — has more space extent than usualspaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.largeL3large.size — Having more space than a usual thing has.extentL3extent.spatial — how much space matter hasusualL2usual.common — a thing that is regular in its occurrence over time

Used by (33)

robustL8mediumL9permanenceL12delicateL13scaleL14doubtL15humilityL15learned helplessnessL15sleeping giantL15engine of growthL16hubrisL16hunger for changeL16paper tigerL16rising powerL16risk appetiteL16toughL16eliteL17invasiveL17loyaltyL17one nationL17diaspora voteL18keystoneL18middle classL18national championL18sovereign wealthL18we the peopleL18american dreamL19economic nationalismL19miracle economyL19nation of immigrantsL19punching above our weightL19working familiesL19golden ageL21

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Provenance

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