The Emergence Machine

Bus

physical · transportation · 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 bus is a large, motorized vehicle designed for transporting multiple passengers along a fixed route, typically on a regular schedule.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
omnibus
Origin language
lat

A large vehicle carrying passengers along a fixed route

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0BusGroupGoalObjectiveOrganismCausalityCellFormLifeStructureVehicleActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesBusL7VehicleL2GroupL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Vehicle L2 (requires)
    A bus is a large road vehicle for transporting passengers
  • Group L6 (requires) polysemous
    Buses carry groups of people together