The Emergence Machine

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having little space between two things

Close (adjective) means: having little space between two things. It emerges from space, difference, little: space.extent and difference.relation together make the amount of space between things small. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 5, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

close.spatial · forms: close, closed, closes, closing

Examples

Emergence

from: space difference little
through: space.extent and difference.relation together make the amount of space between things small

Chain to foundations

spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.energyL0 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.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.closeL5 close.spatial: having little space between two things
full chain as text (28 steps)

Neighborhood

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

used by — 1 more not shownbuilt frompossibilityL12possibility.potential — A window that can be reached from the current window without crossing a wall that is closed.despairL15despair.state — a self-model representing every parameter as having a window that is closed, whether or not the actual parameters are wihopeL15hope.emotional — a self-model representing a currently closed window as reachablehelicopter parentingL16helicopter-parenting.never-withdrawn — Maintenance of another's window that never stops, holding its walls so close that it never touches one itself and so nevlocals onlyL16locals-only.closed — A collective self that narrows its boundary to those from its own place, closing the place to others who come in.smothered mateL16smothered-mate.self-set — Checkmate whose closing walls are the thing's own parts, set close to protect it, so no action within its reach keeps itpressureL18pressure.ontological — the closing of a parameter's window while the existence window remains open. A deadline removes schedules, not survival,thawL18thaw.recovery — a parameter whose window is widening after having been narrow, closing the window that its narrow state had opened.closeL5close.spatial — having little space between two thingsspaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1difference.relation — When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.littleL4little.size — has less space extent than most others

Used by (9)

possibilityL12despairL15hopeL15helicopter parentingL16locals onlyL16smothered mateL16pressureL18thawL18the compression claimL19

Provenance

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