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a list of items offered so that one may be chosen

Menu (noun) means: a list of items offered so that one may be chosen. It emerges from list, items, choice, offers: the ordered list presents distinct items as potential choices through an offer. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 11, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

menu.list · forms: menu, menus

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Emergence

from: list items choice offers
through: the ordered list presents distinct items as potential choices through an offer

Chain to foundations

windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.orderL8 order.arrangement: a parameter whose window is narrowspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.putL3 put.placement: to move something into a placerangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariesstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is intakeL6 take.acquisition: to get something by moving it from its place into your owninteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.giveL7 give.transfer: to make a piece go to otherschoiceL9 choice.decision: an option that is selected among other optionsinsideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarypersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.itemsL4 items.object: things that are part of a set and are distinct from each othersetsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsenergyL0 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.getL5 get.acquisition: you make a thing come to youmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingreceiveL6 receive.communication: to get something that comes to a placemenuL11 menu.list: a list of items offered so that one may be chosenoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarydistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thinglistL9 list.ordered: a structure of pieces that are in an orderparameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingsgroupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placestateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placepieceL3 piece.portion: a part of a thing that has its own boundaryselectL7 select.choice: to take one part from many that differboundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.narrowL5 narrow.spatial: Having a small range between boundaries.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchoffersL8 offers.proposal: to give something to a person so they may take itothersL2 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.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.goL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placearrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.optionsL8 options.choice: a set that can be selected
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Neighborhood

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

built frommenuL11menu.list — a list of items offered so that one may be chosenlistL9list.ordered — a structure of pieces that are in an orderitemsL4items.object — things that are part of a set and are distinct from each otherchoiceL9choice.decision — an option that is selected among other optionsoffersL8offers.proposal — to give something to a person so they may take it

Relations

is-alist.orderedis-a
enableschoice.decisionenables

Provenance

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