least · comparative

the small quantity that is less than every other quantity

Least (adjective) means: the small quantity that is less than every other quantity. It emerges from small, quantity: When quantities are compare and one is less than all the others. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 8, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Voyager 1 probe, launched in 1977, uses 23 watts—less than any other deep-space transmitter still active. engineering
• In 2023, Tuvalu had a GDP of $57 million, the least of any UN member nation. economics
• The electron has the least mass of any charged particle, at 9.1 × 10⁻³¹ kg. physics

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

Provenance