The Emergence Machine

Cellar

physical · Household · Level 5 · E0

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Emergence definition

A cellar is an underground room beneath a building, requiring a structure that has a form and a floor, which in turn requires ground and surface.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “cellar”. 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.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0CellarFloorSurfaceFormObjectStructureExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesCellarL5StructureL2FloorL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Structure L2 (requires) polysemous
    Underground room beneath a building -- understanding structure is a prerequisite
  • Floor L4 (requires) polysemous
    Underground room beneath a building -- understanding floor is a prerequisite