# young (age)

being of little size and recent in time

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [small](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-small.size), [new](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-new.recent), [little](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-little.size), [recent](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recent.temporal), [size](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-size.measurement), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension)

**Through:** the combination indicates a being that is recent in time and of little size

**Novel properties:**
- temporal novelty with small extent
- co-occurrence of young duration and limited size
- distinctness from merely small or merely new things

## Examples
- The 2023 James Webb Space Telescope image of NGC 3324 revealed previously unseen young stars in the Cosmic Cliffs region. *(astronomy)*
- In 2022, Ukraine's young nuclear engineers operated Zaporizhzhia reactors under wartime conditions after senior staff were detained. *(engineering)*
- The 2020 locust swarms in East Africa consisted mostly of young hoppers that stripped crops across Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [girls](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-girls.human) (L17)
- [kids](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-kids.human) (L17)

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