The Emergence Machine

Basket

physical · Technology · Level 7 · E11

E11Organizations

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

A basket is a container made from woven plant material, often used for carrying or storing items.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0BasketPlantAnimalOrganismToolCellMaterialForceFormLifeStructureActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBasketL7PatternL0ToolL4PlantL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Pattern L0 (requires)
    A basket has a woven structural pattern
  • Tool L4 (requires)
    To understand a woven container from plant material, we need to understand the process of tool use.
  • Plant L6 (requires) polysemous
    A basket is a woven container from plant material