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a piece of matter that has a form and exists in space

Body (noun) means: a piece of matter that has a form and exists in space. It emerges from matter, form, space, piece: the substance is bounded into a distinct portion, given shape, and located in space through their interaction. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 10, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

body.physical · forms: bodies, body

Examples

Emergence

from: matter form space piece
through: the substance is bounded into a distinct portion, given shape, and located in space through their interaction.

Chain to foundations

smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsenergyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts 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.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.structureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inchangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.outsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarybodyL10 body.physical: a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypatternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.pieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryconditionL3 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.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.formL9 form.shape: The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.rangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesextentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
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Neighborhood

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

used by — 4 more not shownbuilt fromfeelL11feel.sensory — to notice a state in a bodyrunL11run.movement — to go moving with a physical bodysleepL11sleep.biological — a state where a body is still and off, and persists through time with less changedrugL13drug.chemical — a substance that when taken causes a change in a body's conditionheartL14heart.organ — an organ that pumps fluid through the body by means of rhythmic contractionshandL17hand.part — an arrangement of matter that is a part of a body and enables movement and touchheadL17head.body-part — the top part of a body that controls the bodystepL17step.movement — a motion where a part of a body goes from one position to anotherbodyL10body.physical — a piece of matter that has a form and exists in spacematterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.formL9form.shape — The shape of the window, as opposed to whatever is occupying it.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.pieceL3piece.portion — a part of a thing that has its own boundary

Used by (12)

feelL11runL11sleepL11drugL13heartL14handL17headL17stepL17clothingL18furL18faceL20footL20

Relations

is-aphysical.materiala body is a physical material

Provenance

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