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a part of a thing that has its own boundary

Portion (noun) means: a part of a thing that has its own boundary. It emerges from part, boundary: the part is enclosed by a boundary, forming a distinct piece. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 3, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The 2020 California wildfire season consumed 4.3 million acres, over 4% of the state's total land area. environment
• The Amazon Rainforest covers 5.5 million square kilometers, about 34% of South America's landmass. geography
• The U.S. federal budget allocated $778 billion to defense spending in 2022, roughly 15% of total expenditures. economics

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

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

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Provenance