The Emergence Machine

Button Clothing

physical · Level 8 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

A button is a small disc that fastens two pieces of fabric together through a buttonhole, with a round form designed to pass through a matching hole in the fabric.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0Button ClothingClothingBodyAnimal… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureSubstanceChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesButton ClothingL8FormL2ClothingL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Buttons have a round form designed to pass through a matching hole
  • Clothing L7 (requires)
    A button is a small disc that fastens two pieces of fabric together through a buttonhole