points · location

a part that is at a place

Points (noun) means: a part that is at a place. It emerges from part, space: the part occupies the place, creating a distinct location. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• Mount Everest's summit stays fixed at 29,032 feet above sea level despite continental drift moving the plate beneath it. geology
• The International Space Station maintains its position at 400 km altitude through periodic reboosts from attached thrusters. engineering
• The Greenwich Observatory in London defines the prime meridian, a fixed point used for global timekeeping since 1884. institutions

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

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Provenance