The Emergence Machine

Coat

physical · material-culture · Level 8 · 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 garment worn over other clothing, typically made from fabric, designed to provide warmth, protection, or fashion statement, with a tailored fit achieved through pattern pieces, is a type of cloth that is used to create various textures, patterns, and structures for functional or aesthetic purposes.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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Source: Wiktionary — “coat”. 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.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0CoatClothingPersonBodyColdAnimalClothHeatPerception… intermediate l…ForceFormKinetic EnergyLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

used byprerequisitesJacketL9CoatL8ClothL5ColdL6ClothingL7PersonL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Cloth L5 (requires)
    Outer garment worn for warmth -- prerequisite: cloth
  • Cold L6 (requires)
    Outer garment worn for warmth -- prerequisite: cold
  • Clothing L7 (requires)
    Remediation fix
  • Person L7 (requires)
    Clothing emerges from person, and a garment worn over other clothing requires a person to wear it.

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