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simple and part of whole

Basic (adjective) means: simple and part of whole. It emerges from simple, part, whole: When a simple part of a whole is, it is basic. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 14, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

basic.simple · forms: basic, basics

Examples

Emergence

from: simple part whole
through: When a simple part of a whole is, it is basic.

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.requiredL6 required.obligation: a condition that is a needenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundaryworkL3 work.effort: a change that happens when energy moves something through spaceparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.easyL7 easy.effort: a state that requires little workwholeL3 whole.complete: All the parts of somethingconditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.reachL12 reach.spatial: to go to pointneedL5 need.psychological: a state that diverges from a persistent condition of an objectextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasstateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.simpleL13 simple.effort: few windows beneath, whether or not it was easy to reach.pointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placewhetherL4 whether.conditional: if a condition is one of two different statesbasicL14 basic.simple: simple and part of wholeothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.
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Neighborhood

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

built frombasicL14basic.simple — simple and part of wholesimpleL13simple.effort — few windows beneath, whether or not it was easy to reach.partL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.wholeL3whole.complete — All the parts of something

Relations

is-asimple.effortbasic is a kind of simple

Provenance

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