The Emergence Machine

Beside

abstract · spatial · Level 2 · E0

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Beside is a spatial relationship that describes a position next to or adjacent to something, but this definition is incomplete without a clear understanding of spatial extent.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “beside” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “beside”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
beside
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0BesideExtentQuantityPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesBesideL2ExtentL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Extent L1 (requires)
    beside builds on the concept of extent