The Emergence Machine

Bathtub

physical · Level 4 · 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 container that holds water for bathing is a space that contains matter and radiation, governed by physical laws and properties, and is used to manipulate water, which requires element and matter.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “Bathtub”. 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.

thisfoundationsL4L3L2L1L0BathtubWaterSubstanceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBathtubL4SpaceL0WaterL3E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Space L0 (requires)
    To understand a bathtub, one must also understand the concept of space.
  • Water L3 (requires) polysemous
    Bathtub holds water for bathing