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has less space extent than most others

Little (adjective) means: has less space extent than most others. It emerges from extent, difference, big, others: When a thing's space extent differs by being less than that of most others, the relation of smallness emerges. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 4, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

little.size · forms: little, littler, littlest

Examples

Emergence

from: extent difference big others space
through: When a thing's space extent differs by being less than that of most others, the relation of smallness emerges.

Chain to foundations

littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter haschangeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.matterL1 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.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromcloseL5close.spatial — having little space between two thingsrecentL5recent.temporal — a thing that happened since a little time before nowyoungL6young.age — being of little size and recent in timeeasyL7easy.effort — a state that requires little workblackL8black.color — a visual state of a thing that is an exact mark of little intensitybushL16bush.plant — a small living growth of matter whose parts are arranged in spacelittleL4little.size — has less space extent than most othersextentL3extent.spatial — how much space matter hasdifferenceL1difference.relation — When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.bigL2big.size — Having much space; more space than another thing has.othersL2others.distinct-entities — Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.

Used by (6)

closeL5recentL5youngL6easyL7blackL8bushL16

Relations

contrasts-withbig.sizecontrasts-with

Provenance

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