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the part of a place that is toward the west

Western (adjective) means: the part of a place that is toward the west. It emerges from west, toward, part, space: west direction together with toward spatial marks the side of a place that faces west. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 20, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

western.directional · forms: western

Examples

Emergence

from: west toward part space
through: west direction together with toward spatial marks the side of a place that faces west

Chain to foundations

touchL3 touch.together: When there is no space between the boundaries of two things, and each can change the other.energyL0 energy.capacity: That by which things can be not as they were.relevanceL15 relevance.core: a parameter whose drift moves a wallinformationL6 information.knowledge: a pattern of marks that are differencesnorthL16 north.direction: the side of a place that is up on a mapdriftL11 drift.aimless: Change of a parameter with nothing that makes it go one way.interactingL4 interacting.social: when two things change each other while touchingcontactL4 contact.physical: When two things are at the same place in space during time and their boundaries touch.boundaryL2 boundary.limit: The place where a thing ends and what is not the thing begins.windowL7 window.range: The range of a parameter within which a thing can be; outside it the thing ends though its parts persist.parameterL4 parameter.condition: A condition of a thing that can change while the thing persists.flowL3 flow.movement: Motion of many parts of matter together through one place.arrangementL3 arrangement.spatial: a structure of parts in space.setsL3 sets.grouped: A pattern of many things that are each different from the others but are bounded together by what is the same about them.peopleL6 people.social: a group of distinct entities that persist over time and interact through mutual touchdifferenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.persistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.motionL2 motion.movement: Change of place: a thing is here, and after, it is there.amountL8 amount.quantity: the quantity of a thing is a size or a numberstructureL2 structure.arrangement: The pattern of how the parts of a thing are placed in space.connectsL7 connects.verb: When two things are brought together so that a flow between them can happen and persist.locationL16 location.spatial: a point where a thing is in spacelinksL8 links.connection: a thing that connects two thingsdirectionL17 direction.spatial: a line that a thing points to as it goeslineL16 line.geometric: a set of points with regular arrangement in spacebroughtL6 brought.past-tense: To come to a place carrying a thing that was not there before.surfaceL4 surface.exterior: A part of a boundary that touches a thing and is where the thing is not the thing.westernL20 western.directional: the part of a place that is toward the westgoL3 go.movement: to move one from a place to another placenothingL10 nothing.absence: not a thingsizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inseeL6 see.visual: change when matter interacts with marks visible in space extentwayL9 way.method: a link of one place to another through spacejustL2 just.exact: that which does not differ from the thing it is aboutpoint of no returnL15 point-of-no-return.irreversible: A wall in a parameter's window, beyond which the thing cannot persist even though its parts do.changeL1 change.process: When a thing is not the same after as it was before.siteL4 site.location: a place that has boundaries and where things happenoutsideL6 outside.spatial: the space that is not inside a thing's boundarymarksL5 marks.visual: A difference that is a pattern on a surface when a part changes that surface.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.stateL2 state.condition: a pattern of a thing that persists through time in a placeregularL1 regular.frequency: a thing that is the same pattern again over timepartL1 part.relation: Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.interactionL2 interaction.process: When two things change each other.insideL5 inside.spatial: in the space that is within an object's boundarycontrolL4 control.ability: A pattern that persists through time and sets boundaries for how others can change.comeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.patternL0 pattern.regularity: That which is the same again: what is here is also there, or what is now was also before.wallL14 wall.range-end: The value of a parameter at which a window ends.noneL9 none.quantity: no amount of a thingquantityL7 quantity.numerical: the size of how many things are in a spaceentitiesL4 entities.object: things that are each distinct from other thingssettingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.conditionL3 condition.state: a state of a thing that persists through time in a placeobjectL4 object.entity: A thing that has a boundary and an arrangement of parts that persists through time in a place.offL2 off.state: when a thing is not here, it is therewestL19 west.direction: the side of a place together with the north direction is a specific orientationspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.orientationL18 orientation.spatial: the direction that a thing is in spacespecificL3 specific.detail: that which does not differ from the thing it is about and is not otherstimeL0 time.dimension: The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.nameL7 name.identifier: information that makes a thing different from otherspointsL2 points.location: a part that is at a placesideL3 side.surface: A part of the boundary of a thing.distinctL3 distinct.attribute: a thing is not the same as another thingrangeL3 range.spatial: the space between two boundariescarryingL5 carrying.transporting: To move with a thing that is in one place and then is in another, where the thing remains in contact and under control.groupsL5 groups.collection: a set of entity that are together because each entity has patternnumberL6 number.quantity: a mark of many distinct others together in a placeputL3 put.placement: to move something into a placetowardL18 toward.spatial: in the direction that go to a locationmapL8 map.spatial: a structure puts name of place in space so a person can see where each place isothersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.makeL4 make.verb: Parts come together through interaction into a structure and persist in that pattern.extentL3 extent.spatial: how much space matter hasmatterL1 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.

built fromwesternL20western.directional — the part of a place that is toward the westwestL19west.direction — the side of a place together with the north direction is a specific orientationtowardL18toward.spatial — in the direction that go to a locationpartL1part.relation — Something that is in a thing but is not all of that thing.spaceL0space.extent — Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.

Provenance

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