The Emergence Machine

Bat

physical · sports · Level 13 · E9

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Emergence definition

A bat is a flat, usually wooden or composite, hand-held striking implement used to hit a ball in various bat sports, such as baseball, cricket, and softball, requiring a combination of physical skill and strategy.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin word
bat
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L7L2L1L0BatCompositeMoleculeAtomNucleusServingSport… intermediate l…FormLifeMassMovementActionFlatChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesShinrin YokuL14BatL13ActionL1FlatL1SportL7CompositeL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Action L1 (requires)
    Understanding action is foundational to the sport of bat
  • Flat L1 (requires) polysemous
    A bat is a flat, usually wooden or composite, hand-held striking implement used to hit a ball in various bat sports, such as baseball, cricket, and softball.
  • Sport L7 (requires)
    bat is a sport or athletic activity.
  • Composite L12 (requires)
    A bat is a flat, usually wooden or composite, hand-held striking implement used to hit a ball in various bat sports, such as baseball, cricket, and softball.

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