extent · spatial

how much space matter has

Extent (noun) means: how much space matter has. It emerges from space, boundary, matter: space is where matter can be and boundary is where it ends, together they make how much space matter has. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 3, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• Mount Everest occupies a fixed area of the Himalayan range, defined by its base and peak coordinates. geography
• The Large Hadron Collider's 27-kilometer ring defines the spatial extent of the world's largest particle accelerator. engineering
• The Amazon Rainforest covers approximately 5.5 million square kilometers across nine South American countries. ecology

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

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