The Emergence Machine

Alignment

property · Dance · Level 6 · E6

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

alignment emerges from dance. It requires time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “alignment” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “alignment”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
alignment
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0AlignmentDirectionBearingSoftwareSystemWheelFormInformationProcessStartPositionActionChangeExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesPostureL7FitL9AlignmentL6PositionL1DirectionL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Position L1 (requires)
    Alignment is the arrangement of items in a straight line or proper position
  • Direction L5 (requires) polysemous
    Alignment arranges things along a direction

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