occupied · spatial
Ask PrometheusA space where matter is in and so not a hole.
Occupied (adjective) means: A space where matter is in and so not a hole. It emerges from space, matter: Matter comes into a place so the place is no longer a hole. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 13, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- A neutron star occupies a sphere roughly 20 kilometers wide, packing more mass than the Sun into degenerate matter. astronomy
- In a car park, an occupied bay has a car in it; an empty one is a gap the next driver can fill. everyday
Emergence
through: Matter comes into a place so the place is no longer a hole.
- matter filling the space
- absence of empty region
Chain to foundations
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Used by (6)
Relations
| is-a | full.state | is-a |
| contrasts-with | alone.state | contrasts-with |