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the amount of space that a thing have matter in

Volume (noun) means: the amount of space that a thing have matter in. It emerges from space, matter: Space and matter together determine the amount of space in which the matter is. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 9, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

volume.spatial · forms: volume, volumes

Examples

Emergence

from: space matter
through: Space and matter together determine the amount of space in which the matter is

Chain to foundations

energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.spaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.timeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.volumeL9 volume.spatial: the amount of space that a thing have matter inmatterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromliquidL15liquid.state — A fluid substance that maintains constant volume while adapting to the shape of its container.volumeL9volume.spatial — the amount of space that a thing have matter inspaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.matterL1matter.substance — A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.

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Provenance

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