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being fast in time and short

Quick (adjective) means: being fast in time and short. It emerges from fast, short, time: fast speed together with short length makes change happen in less time. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 10, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

quick.speed · forms: quick, quicker, quickest, quickly

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Emergence

from: fast short time
through: fast speed together with short length makes change happen in less time

Chain to foundations

partL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.usualL2 usual.common: a thing that is regular in its occurrence over timespaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.lotL8 lot.quantity: a large quantity of somethingdifferenceL1 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 ininteractionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingslengthL4 length.spatial: how much space between two boundaries of a thingenergyL0 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.largeL3 large.size: Having more space than a usual thing has.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.quickL10 quick.speed: being fast in time and shortquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spacedistinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingmarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasboundaryL2 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.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.numberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeshortL5 short.length: having less length than is usualothersL2 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.touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.regularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepatternL0 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.fastL9 fast.speed: a change where a thing moves a large amount of distance in a short amount of time
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Neighborhood

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

built fromquickL10quick.speed — being fast in time and shortfastL9fast.speed — a change where a thing moves a large amount of distance in a short amount of timeshortL5short.length — having less length than is usualtimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

Relations

is-afast.speed

Provenance

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