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Growth (noun) means: more matter in a place over time. It emerges from matter, space, time: more matter moves into more space during time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- The Great Barrier Reef added 1.5 meters of calcium carbonate structure per century in the 20th century. biology
- The city of Lagos expanded from 3 million people in 1980 to over 15 million by 2020. institutions
- Bitcoin's blockchain reached 500 gigabytes in size by 2023, adding roughly 100 gigabytes per year. computing
Emergence
through: more matter moves into more space during time
- increased amount
- expanded extent
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
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