The Emergence Machine

Near

property · spatial · Level 5 · E0

E0Spacetime

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

Nearness is a spatial relationship that arises from the quantification of distance, which is itself an emergent property of the measurement of space, allowing for the comparison of proximity between two points in a three-dimensional expanse governed by physical laws and properties.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
near
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0NearDistanceMeasureUnitQuantityStandardPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesNearL5DistanceL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

  • near English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Distance L4 (requires)
    Near describes a short distance