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being of little size and recent in time

Young (adjective) means: being of little size and recent in time. It emerges from small, new, little, recent: the combination indicates a being that is recent in time and of little size. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 6, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

young.age · forms: young, younger, youngest

Examples

Emergence

from: small new little recent size time
through: the combination indicates a being that is recent in time and of little size

Chain to foundations

littleL4 little.size: has less space extent than most othersspaceL0 space.extent: Where things can be: that in which one thing is here and another is there, apart.differenceL1 difference.relation: When one thing is not the same as another; the pattern of one is not the pattern of the other.settingL3 setting.contextual: A place and time where things happen, with patterns that stay the same through change.sizeL2 size.measurement: the space that a thing's matter is inpersistL1 persist.continue: To be the same through time.smallL4 small.size: a thing that is less extent than most other thingsenergyL0 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.matterL1 matter.substance: A pattern of energy that is in one place in space through time.newL4 new.recent: A thing that comes into a setting and has not been there before, or does not persist from before.sinceL2 since.temporal: from a previous time until nowcomeL3 come.arrive: To move through space until being at some place.youngL6 young.age: being of little size and recent in timeextentL3 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.happenL2 happen.event-occurrence: A change that is at some place during time.othersL2 others.distinct-entities: Things that are in space and time but not the same thing as one, or not the same pattern as one.recentL5 recent.temporal: a thing that happened since a little time before nowtimeL0 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.bigL2 big.size: Having much space; more space than another thing has.previousL1 previous.temporal: a thing that is before now in time
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Neighborhood

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

used bybuilt fromgirlsL17girls.human — young female humankidsL17kids.human — young humansyoungL6young.age — being of little size and recent in timesmallL4small.size — a thing that is less extent than most other thingsnewL4new.recent — A thing that comes into a setting and has not been there before, or does not persist from before.littleL4little.size — has less space extent than most othersrecentL5recent.temporal — a thing that happened since a little time before nowsizeL2size.measurement — the space that a thing's matter is intimeL0time.dimension — The before and after of things: that in which a thing can be, and then not be the same.

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girlsL17kidsL17

Relations

is-anew.recentyoung is a kind of recent

Provenance

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